Music of the Heart
1999 · Movie · 2h 4m · PG
DramaMusic
"She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget."
Overview
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
54/100
Key crew
- Wes CravenDirector
- Pamela GrayScreenplay
- Mason DaringOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Meryl StreepRoberta
- Aidan QuinnBrian
- Angela BassettJanet
- Gloria EstefanIsabel
- Cloris LeachmanAssunta
- Josh PaisDennis
- Jane LeevesDorothea
- Kieran CulkinLexi at 15
- Charlie HofheimerNick at 17
- Jay O. SandersDan Paxton
- Henry DinhoferLexi at 5
- Michael AngaranoNick at 7
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Themes
violinmusic teacherbiographybased on true storyviolinistschool teacherharlem, new york city