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Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 32
  3. Negative: 15 out of 32
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  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    90
    A dark, biting comedy-- funny, smart and full of unpredictable twist and turns.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    In his knockout directorial debut writer Kevin Williamson taps into such universal memories with his shrewd and energetic dark comedy.
  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    70
    Flecked with delicious malice, and the kids, especially newcomer Coughlin, performs with verve and high energy.
  4. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    67
    Not surprisingly, the best thing on the screen is Mirren.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    63
    Williamson's screenplay doesn't match the cleverness of his conceit; it lacks the requisite archness and wit.
  6. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    50
    Wholly predictable and implausible plotting, thin characterizations, and stilted dialogue.
  7. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    50
    The same bland vision of teendom that's become inescapable on the small and big screens.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    Very much a freshman effort, lacking focus, edge.
  9. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    50
    Mirren is about the only reason this slow-moving revenge tale tingles at all.
  10. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    50
    A derisively vicious show-off satire, a plastic exercise in authority bashing.
  11. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: Ted Gideonse
    50
    There are some very funny moments, and Coughlan is a delight as Leigh Anne's best friend.
  12. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Diana Abu-Jaber
    42
    The tone of the film malingers somewhere between hyper-real comedy and thriller, but neither element really shines through.
  13. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    40
    Neither very dark nor particularly funny.
  14. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    40
    Williamson's directorial debut is a sad affair, devoid of shocks, surprises, or even his clever trademark diologue.
  15. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    40
    A wildly uneven and sloppily directed movie, full of clashing tones and undigested bits of superior films.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    40
    Newly benign and noticeably clumsier than the hits (Williamson) has written.
  17. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    40
    It's too empty to applaud, too insignificant to deplore.
  18. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle.
  19. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    An ugly, failed attempt to pull off a "Heathers"-style, teen-oriented black comedy.
  20. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    Mostly a screenful of nothingness.
  21. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    Williamson deals mostly in cliches, as if high schoolers weren't smart enough to appreciate anything subtler.
  22. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    30
    Yet another black comedy that misunderstands and misrepresents the genre.
  23. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    30
    Underwhelming thriller.
  24. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    30
    The new dud from Miramax's Dimension label.
  25. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    30
    A pat, hollow exercises with few tricks (or treats) up its sleeve.
  26. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    25
    A spectacularly mediocre movie.
  27. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    25
    Williamson's script, which he also directed, is spiteful and shallow.
  28. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    An infuriatingly indulgent piffle of adolescent wish-fulfillment.
  29. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    25
    A mean-hearted, ham-handed and gratuitous effort to exploit it's teenage audience's conviction that, underneath it all, their teachers really. do hate them.
  30. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    20
    The story is painfully slow.
  31. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    10
    Lazily written and hopelessly miscast.
  32. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Christopher Brandon
    0
    One of the worst movies released this year.
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