Stars: Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Tambor, Katie Holmes, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan, Michael McKean, Molly Ringwald, Lesley Ann Warren, Vivica A. Fox, Michael McKean, Liz Stauber, John Patrick White

Director: Kevin Williamson

Summary: When Mrs. Tingle falsely accuses her student, Leigh Ann of cheating she is taught a lesson that leads to a series of comic errors...

From the king of teen angst and horror Williamson comes this story of straight-A student Leigh Ann (Holmes) whose hopes for a scholarship are in jeopardy thanks to the tyrannical Mrs. Tingle (Mirren). When Leigh Ann and her friends confront Mrs. Tingle about their grades, a series of mishaps lead to a wicked game of cat and mouse. Part black comedy, part teen melodrama, part revenge on Williamson's own Mrs. Tingle. Original title KILLING MRS. TINGLE.

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The artwork for Teaching Mrs Tinglemay feature young cuties Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlin and Barry Watson, but the real star is the actress playing the title character: Helen Mirren. Mirren is the bitter, tyrannical teacher who, due to circumstantial evidence, believes goody two-shoes Holmes is guilty of cheating on her history final. Holmes, Coughlin and Watson go to Mirren's home to convince her that there's been a misunderstanding, but Mirren refuses to listen. Terrified that this will ruin her chances to go to college, Holmes and her compatriots knock Mirren out and tie her to her bed. Unfortunately, they haven't any idea what to do next; when Mirren awakes, the situation becomes a battle of wits in which the teenagers are hopelessly outmatched. Coughlin and Watson are pretty to look at and Holmes has some genuine talent and a lot of charm, but Mirren--who's played in Shakespeare productions on the stage and been in movies ranging from lurid and trashy (Caligula) to eerie and arty (The Comfort of Strangers) to lurid, trashy, eerie, andarty (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover)--combines the cutting intelligence of Vanessa Redgrave, the steely will of Judi Dench and a sensual energy that any young starlet would kill for. This teen comedy-thriller is just an amusing footnote in Mirren's career, but if you've never been transfixed by this actress's mischievous sidelong glances, Teaching Mrs. Tinglemight provide a good start.--Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1999
Release Date:	July 1, 2002
Runtime:	91 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 888503
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Mrs, Horror, Occult, Teaching, Sci, Fi, Tingle
Genre:	Horror/Occult