Music of the Heart

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Critics' Reviews

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Princess and the Frog, The
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75
Boston Globe: Jay Carr
Avoids the potentially suffocating pall of uplift hovering over its quite exhilarating story.Read Full Review »
75
USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
Yearning for an old-fashioned movie with a well-told, uplifting message? Music of the Heart is playing your song.Read Full Review »
75
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
This one basically just sticks to the real story, which has all the emotional wallop that's needed.Read Full Review »
70
The New York Times: Janet Maslin
An affirmation of the power of music to provide beauty, pleasure and a sense of accomplishment.Read Full Review »
63
Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
The choppy film is like a composition crowded with competing themes.Read Full Review »
60
LOS ANGELES TIMES: John Anderson
A lot of heart and a lot of music. It just doesn't sing.Read Full Review »
60
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
If "Mr. Holland's Opus" made you puke, you'd better bring a bucket to this true-life weepie about the importance of teaching music in schools.Read Full Review »
50
Salon.com: Mary Elizabeth Williams
Falls flat for its skittish reluctance to bear any resemblance to an actual Wes Craven film.Read Full Review »
50
Village Voice: Jessica Winter
Solid raw material, but the execution is overcooked.Read Full Review »
50
Time: Richard Schickel
What saves this movie from hopeless sentimentality is Meryl Streep's subtle performance.Read Full Review »
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