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- 2014
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 28 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 28 m
Summary Miss Meadows (Katie Holmes) is a sweet and proper elementary school teacher whose perfect manners and pretty floral dresses hide a dark secret: when she’s not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she’s moonlighting as a gun-toting vigilante.
Directed By: Karen Leigh Hopkins
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 28 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 28 m
Miss Meadows
43
6.5
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Summary Miss Meadows (Katie Holmes) is a sweet and proper elementary school teacher whose perfect manners and pretty floral dresses hide a dark secret: when she’s not teaching at the local elementary school or tending to her garden, she’s moonlighting as a gun-toting vigilante.
Directed By: Karen Leigh Hopkins
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
31% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
43
31% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
31% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Holmes and Dale are ideal together, turning a polite courtship and charged relationship (including a sex scene that's both giddy and profound) into a twisted, compelling expression of unconditional love.
It exists somewhere between serious character study and satirical fish-out-of-water story, never figuring out which it wants to be.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
6.5
48% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
38% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
14% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
6.5
48% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
38% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
14% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
I think in 2023 this movie actually is better than it was rated at the time, I feel like it was rated poorly in 2014 more so than it needed to be especially considering the following movies in the next 6 years. This movie is visually very pretty I think it was filmed well , I really think its impressive of Katie Holmes acting skills, I would definitely watch her again in this role, and is very refreshing to watch for adults who have employed a sunny disposition as a coping strategy to difficult internal battles from childhood. It addresses the topic in a way where the ending is definitely fantasy but is **** for the viewer who can empathize with Miss Meadows struggle throughout the movie. And for anyone who enjoys the occasional tap shoes I find it charming.
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The dark comedy (punctuated by the catchphrase “Toodle-oo”) doesn’t always come off, and the filmmaking is more off-kilter than necessary, with capricious camerawork and pacing.
Perhaps Karen Leigh Hopkins's intent was to subtly suggest the surreal aspects of the story, but ultimately she underplays her hand.
When writer and director are one and the same, there’s always a risk that the project will suffer from a lack of perspective. Indeed, in helming her blackly comic indie Miss Meadows, Karen Leigh Hopkins fails to fulfill the potential of her own script.
This is one of the most irritating movies of the year.
What makes Miss Meadows egregiously awful is that it has no perspective whatsoever on vigilante justice. As an ostensible work of satire, it lacks bite, never truly questioning or complicating its heroine’s actions; the film isn’t even outrageous enough to be appalling (which paradoxically makes it appalling).
Enjoyable fantasy, with a fine performance from Katie Holmes and a good supporting cast. The script could have been tighter and the storyline becomes a little predictable but it's a quirky enough ride.
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Never fear... Miss Meadows is here.
This is not the film everybody was expecting. But not bad to try after coming to know it. It is a black comedy, about a young single woman, a substitute elementary school teacher who moved to a new neighbourhood. She has no limit for her imaginations. Her world was full of wondrous, but there's a little dark secret too. Later, when she comes to face a big hurdle, how she's going to handle her new boyfriend who is a cop and from there where it heads was revealed.
It was a Katie Holmes' show. It was a short film, but she was always there, the camera always with her. I'm seeing her film after a long time. She looks a bit old for this role, but worked well. The supporting cast was okay though. That little girl from 'Girl Meets World, Ava, was good. The film looks okay for all ages, but slightly violent with killing and other crime exposing scenes. Especially it is not for young kids, despite the film theme looks a bit magical. So it should be PG13.
A decent writing and direction. The whole film was shot within two and half weeks. Because the story was simple, that takes place in the limited enclosures. So the experience of watching it was like a television film, but it is not. You might have seen some of the similar films, but still it is worth a watch. Not deliberately going for it, though when you ran out of the options.
6/10
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Flawed but entertaining.
It's hard to discuss this film's flaws without discussing what this movie could have been with tighter scripting and directing. Of course, you're here to seek guidance about the movie that is - not the better movie I have in my head.
It's kinda fun. Katie Holmes delivers the goods and you'll likely enjoy yourself watching her.
I wouldn't pay full price again but would watch it on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
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Awards
Oldenburg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
