1995 · drama · music
Mr. Holland's Opus
Directed by Stephen Herek2h 23m1995
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Our read: Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / music, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
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- redemptive
- tender
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