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Susan Stark, Detroit News: As a routinely cruel, often vicious, miserably unhappy teacher, Mirren offers a complex, brilliantly disciplined performance! Read more
Dallas Morning News: Dismal. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Newly benign, and noticeably clumsy. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Teaching Mrs. Tingle reveals Williamson not only to be as accomplished a director as he is a writer but also his willingness to move beyond horror to psychological suspense. Read more
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: The movie needs a few more ideas and a lot more thrills to excite viewers, whether young or old. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Depressing! Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The lack of surprises, plot twists, and clever dialogue makes this a distressingly lame offering. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A wildly uneven and sloppily directed movie, full of clashing tones and undigested bits of superior films. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Spiteful and shallow! Read more
Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Terrible, painful! Read more