I think some moviegoers take themselves way too seriously...

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 1999)

Sure, this movie is emotionally manipulating - why else do we go to movies? Sure there are elements which are unbelievable - since when are movies a perfect duplicate of reality? I thought the purpose of movies was to escape the reality of our lives and experience something different through someone else's eyes. Mr. Holland's Opus does that - sure, from a musician's standpoint the final "opus" was lame, but who cares? That's not the point of the movie.