However, due to the Columbine High School massacre that occurred on April 20, 1999, a huge uproar occurred over violence in the media. Because of this, many films and TV shows were affected and were rescheduled or re-edited. The film was pushed back to August 20 and retitled Teaching Mrs. Tingle, which was deemed more acceptable. Reception Critical response The film received mostly negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 19% based on 70 reviews, with an average score of 3.92/10. The critics' consensus reads: "As a dark comedy-thriller, this movie lacks humor and thrill". On Metacritic, the film scored 35 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Roger Ebert gave the film one and a half stars and compared the film to Election in its concept, but said that Teaching Mrs. Tingle fell short of Election in wit, and in that Teaching Mrs. Tingle had no sympathetic characters; although he complimented Mirren's acting. Common Sense Media gave the film 1 star of out of 5, calling it a "misguided teen thriller". There were some positive reviews for the film. Thom Bennett of Film Journal International praised the film, calling it "an entertaining film full of Williamson's familiar movie-reference-laced dialogue". Michael Dequina of The Movie Reporter gave the film 3 out of 4 stars calling the film "admittedly junky but wickedly watchable revenge fantasy". Box office The film was a box-office bomb; it made US$3.3 million in its opening weekend, debuting at number 10 at the North American box office. However, by its second week, the film dropped down to number 15 and brought in $2,344,298. The film continued to drop, and on its final week in the box office, the film was at number 44. By the end of its run, the film grossed $8,951,935 at the domestic box office against an estimated budget of $13 million. Music Soundtrack The original motion picture soundtrack was released by Capitol Records on August 17, 1999. The album features music from Eve 6, The Moffatts, Stretch Princess, Tara MacLean, Duncan Sheik, Kendall Payne, Sozzi, Bree Sharp, Radford, and Eman. Score The score was composed by John Frizzell and was released as an album on August 24, 1999 by Varèse Sarabande. Home media The film was released on DVD and VHS on December 21, 1999, by Dimension Home Video. As part of a deal with