Best movie about teachers ever!!

Rating: 10/10 (3 March 2005)

Mr. Holland's Opus is probably one of the best films ever made. Richard Dreyfuss does a fabulous job taking the audience through the 30-year teaching career of Music Professor Glen Holland. His brilliantly played part makes us pour out tears by the end of the film. It's not a sad movie though, they are tears of joy and accomplishment. Overall it may be somewhat sad, but you feel grateful in the final moments as Holland finally gets what he's always wanted, his Symphony to be finished and heard by others. William H. Macy also does a great job as the high school principal who is always at odds with Holland regarding teaching methods. Dreyfuss definitely got robbed for the Oscar that year and in my mind, he'll always be a winner! I have a musical background myself and this film really hit home with me, especially at the end of the film. Definitely a fantastic film!