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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 59/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Disney+.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic59/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
469 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen HerekDirector
- Patrick Sheane DuncanWriter
Cast
- Richard DreyfussGlenn Holland
- Glenne HeadlyIris Holland
- Jay ThomasBill Meister
- Olympia DukakisPrincipal Jacobs
- William H. MacyVice Principal Gene Wolters
- Alicia WittGertrude Lang
- Terrence HowardLouis Russ
- Damon WhitakerBobby Tidd
- Jean Louisa KellyRowena Morgan
- Alexandra BoydSarah Olmstead
- Nicholas John RennerCole at 6 Years Old
- Joseph AndersonCole at 15 Years Old
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Themes
high schoolhusband wife relationshipcomposermusic teachermentordeaf-muteportland, oregonmarching bandteacher student relationshiphigh school teacherdisabledteaching
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