Not my normal cup of tea, but well done

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 1999)

My Age: 13
Glenn Holland, played by Richard Dreyfuss, takes a job teaching music at John F.Kennedy High School to pay the rent while in his spare time he is composing a musical piece. He struggles to settle in at first but then manages to get his students more interested in the subject. The film takes place over several years of Mr Holland's life after that.
I don't normally enjoy dramas, I prefer action movies or comedies, and there are only a select few dramas which I find to be good dramas, and this is one of them. Along with "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Apollo 13", Mr Holland's Opus is one of the better dramas around. It is a very well done film, with a good central performance by Richard Dreyfuss. It is interesting throughout most of its long length, and there are some nice dramatic moments. Overall, it was much better than I expected it to be and I recommend it.
Australian Classification: PG: Low Level Coarse Language
Rating: 72 out of 100