Review of Music of the Heart (1999) by Jeff B — 15 Apr 2012

Horror epic manifesto Wes Craven can actually direct a movie that ISN'T a horror!

This review of Music of the Heart (1999) was written by Jeff B on 15 Apr 2012.

Music of the Heart has generally received positive reviews.

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Yet another white woman saves the children film, MUSIC OF THE HEART was leaning on the border of overdone soapy sentimentality and dramatic…

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By Mark L (1,544) on 18 Apr 2011

Um de meus filmes prediletos!!! Meryl Streep maravilhosa como sempre! Ã bem piegas...mas Ã (C) tÃ£o lindooo…

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By Film_Critic1 (2) on 24 Dec 2013

Meryl Streep once again proves how good she is. I really liked this movie and Meryl deserves the nomination for best actress at the Oscars…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 27 Dec 2017

Streep is simply amazing to behold, an actress who invests every fiber of her being -- every gesture, every inflection, every strand of hair…

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By Matt D (1,411) on 07 May 2013

Music is a nice little movie where premise is cliche and the plot is predictable, but some how still tugs on the heart-strings…

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By Leena L (663) on 24 Jul 2015

Sentiimental. Yes. Painful to the ears. Yes, that too…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 02 Aug 2017

Watching Meryl Streep act can be an exhausting experience - and never more so than during Music of the Heart…

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By Mort P (5) on 18 Sep 2015

A beautiful anomaly in the filmography of a famous horror director, Meryl Streep's inspired performance about bringing music into young people's…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 14 Mar 2014

No actress of her generation inhabits characters as thoroughly and convincingly as she (Streep) does, and this performance carries the movie…

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By Larissa N (261) on 14 Nov 2010

A much different approach from wes craven of the scream fame, but was still a nice, inspirational film…

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