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Mr. Holland's Opus

1995 · 143 min

A warm, sweeping life story that quietly builds to an emotional crescendo, celebrating teaching and family while acknowledging regret and missed chances.

Tagline
Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • music
  • education
  • redemption
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Stephen Herek
Written by
Patrick Sheane Duncan
Starring
Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Howard, Damon Whitaker
Music
Michael Kamen
Cinematography
Oliver Wood
Runtime
143 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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