Teaching Mrs. Tingle could've been a well executed black comedy but instead it falls flat on its face. The first half is well executed but as the film moves on it becomes an utter mess of a movie. Kevin Williamson had about 2 and a half good ideas in his body(Scream,Scream 2, and The Faculty). His other films are just plain generic and it's hard to believe that something like this was written by the guy who wrote scream.
The premise is a nice set-up for a potential good comedy. Mrs.Tingle is the most hated teacher at school because she's, for a lack of a better word, a b#$ch. Katie Holmes plays a student who is trying desperately be valedectorian so she can get out of the town and history-a class taught by tingle, is the only thing standing in her way. When Tingle discovers a copy of the final exam in her back-pack she intends on telling the principal. when herself and her friends go to her house to try and reason with her, lets just say that get more than they bargained for.
What I liked:
Marissa Coughlan is a good actress and her performnce is actually one of the saving graces of this film. She posseses a lot of spunk and energy. Her Exorcist scene, while unnecessary, is quite entertaining.
Helen Mirren is suitably devilish as Mrs. Tingle. She brings experience to an other-wise mediocre movie.
The first half of the film is actually pretty good. The class-room scene in the first half is really good. Too bad the rest of the film isn't all that great.
What I Didn't Like:
Katie Holmes was cute in this film and she gives a cute performance but i'm tired of seeing her talent given to drivel like this. Thank God she followed this up with Wonder Boys and The Gift.
Barry watson is plain boring in his role and i found him to be completely uninteresting in his role
The ending is jsut plain dumb. It ends on such a disappointing note. I wanted a better outcome and i got this garbage.
The cheesy love scene between holmes and watson was so unnecessary. They lacked chemistry to evne make the scene sizzle.
Good idea wasted in tepid film i expected better from williamson in his directorial debut but instead i get this. what a shame.
5.5/10
