Before school lets out, Mrs. Tingle's class is going to need a substitute teacher.
A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
- 5.5
- 1999
- Released
- 1h 36m
Helen Mirren
Mrs. Tingle
Katie Holmes
Leigh Ann Watson
Barry Watson
Luke Churner
Marisa Coughlan
Jo Lynn Jordan
Michael McKean
Principal Potter
Jeffrey Tambor
Coach Wenchell
Liz Stauber
Trudie Tucker
Molly Ringwald
Miss Banks
Vivica A. Fox
Miss Gold
John Patrick White
Brian Berry
Robert Gant
Professor
Lesley Ann Warren
Faye Watson (uncredited)
Harvey Silver
Roger (uncredited)
Alan Heitz
Student (uncredited)
Brian Klugman
Student (uncredited)
Cherie Johnson
Student (uncredited)
Marissa Jaret Winokur
Student (uncredited)
Released
en
$13,000,000.00
$8,946,237.00
- #pornography
- #scholarship
- #parent child relationship
- #class
- #bed
- #graduation
- #final exam
- #exam
- #bastille
- #teen movie
- #tears
- #gym
- #teenage sexuality
- #knocked out
- #valedictorian
- #history class
- #history teacher
- #letter opener
- #school bus
Reviews
Caught between its aims? Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle. It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film should go in. At times it's jaunty when the scene appears to call for menace, and at others just plain bo