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ComedyHorrorThriller

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

- Before school lets out, Mrs. Tingle's class is going to need a substitute teacher.

A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

Release Date : 1999-08-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Dimension FilmsKonrad PicturesInterscope Communications

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Killing Mrs. Tingle

Cast

Helen Mirren

Character Name : Mrs. Tingle

Original Name : Helen Mirren

Gender : Female

Katie Holmes

Character Name : Leigh Ann Watson

Original Name : Katie Holmes

Gender : Female

Barry Watson

Character Name : Luke Churner

Original Name : Barry Watson

Gender : Male

Marisa Coughlan

Character Name : Jo Lynn Jordan

Original Name : Marisa Coughlan

Gender : Female

Michael McKean

Character Name : Principal Potter

Original Name : Michael McKean

Gender : Male

Jeffrey Tambor

Character Name : Coach Wenchell

Original Name : Jeffrey Tambor

Gender : Male

Liz Stauber

Character Name : Trudie Tucker

Original Name : Liz Stauber

Gender : Female

Molly Ringwald

Character Name : Miss Banks

Original Name : Molly Ringwald

Gender : Female

Vivica A. Fox

Character Name : Miss Gold

Original Name : Vivica A. Fox

Gender : Female

John Patrick White

Character Name : Brian Berry

Original Name : John Patrick White

Gender : Male

Robert Gant

Character Name : Professor

Original Name : Robert Gant

Gender : Male

Lesley Ann Warren

Character Name : Faye Watson (uncredited)

Original Name : Lesley Ann Warren

Gender : Female

Harvey Silver

Character Name : Roger (uncredited)

Original Name : Harvey Silver

Gender : Male

Alan Heitz

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Alan Heitz

Gender : Male

Brian Klugman

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Brian Klugman

Gender : Male

Cherie Johnson

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Cherie Johnson

Gender : Female

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Character Name : Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Marissa Jaret Winokur

Gender : Female

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Caught between its aims? Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle. It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film should go in. At times it's jaunty when the scene appears to call for menace, and at others just plain boring if the scene was meant to be actually funny (in that sarcastic, almost satirical way). The film could have worked at either being a comedy or a thriller, but the fusion of the two just doesn't work, and this failing has to fall at Williamson's door, it's as if Scream was all a fluke after all? The cast struggle with the meanderingly dull screenplay, only the stoic (and sexy) Helen Mirren salvaging any sort of dignity by realising early on that the core of the film calls for deft nastiness instead of outright villainy. Poor and practically unwatchable these days. 2/10