Mr. Holland's Opus Poster

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

PG 12/29/1995 Drama, Music 2h 23m
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User
Score
7.3/10
75%
59/100

Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.

Overview

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

Stephen Herek

Director

Patrick Sheane Duncan

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Glenn Holland

Glenne Headly

Glenne Headly

Iris Holland

Jay Thomas

Jay Thomas

Bill Meister

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Principal Jacobs

William H. Macy

William H. Macy

Vice Principal Gene Wolters

Alicia Witt

Alicia Witt

Gertrude Lang

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Louis Russ

Damon Whitaker

Damon Whitaker

Bobby Tidd

Jean Louisa Kelly

Jean Louisa Kelly

Rowena Morgan

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Media

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Original Trailer

Original Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on May 29, 2019

***Taking a bypass from your dreams and finding your true calling***

A composer (Richard Dreyfuss) puts his lofty ambitions on hold to become a high school music teacher in Portland, Oregon, from 1965-1995. Glenne Headly plays his wife, Jay Thomas the coach, Olympia Dukakis the principal and William H. Macy the irritating vice principal.

"Mr. Holland’s Opus" (1995) is a good school-oriented drama that’s episodic in nature since it spans 30 years. The first 40 minutes were decent, but I was wondering if the film would be able to absorb me into its story, especially considering its considerable length. It did, particularly the episodes concerning Terrence Howard (playing Louis Russ) and angelic Jean Louisa Kelly (Rowena).

The movie’s kind of a meshing of “Dead Poets S...

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written on September 12, 2023

**Another good film about an outstanding teacher marking the lives of his students... another one.**

One of the things I like most about a film, in addition to telling a good story and positively entertaining us for an hour or two, is to reflect on different subjects and themes. This exercise of critical questioning, free and reachable to the public, much more attractive than a six-hundred-page book, is one of the most important qualities of cinema. And this film has lots of themes and topics worthy of our reflection.

First, I should say that the film is very good! It is very forgotten today and deserves to be revisited. It is, I think, the best film of Stephen Herek, an average director, more focused on TV, actually. The merit of the film falls, largely, on the great quality of the ...

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