Title: SCHMALTZY AND CLICHED, SAVED ONLY BY DREYFUSS
Product review: Most of the reviewers on Amazon seemed to have loved this movie. They've said it made them cry, and think. This movie didn't provoke a tear from me.I am not sure I'd attend classes that begin with rhetoric like 'What is music?' but Dreyfuss does a decent job of a quasi-inspiring teacher. Although this band master could be a little less mean when returning assignments.The acting overall in the film is pretty plain though, and the somewhat interesting premise gets old real quick.Some scenes are even borderline idiotic. First, our supposedly great teacher expects kids who don't know how to play their instruments to be playing Mozart after one day.Then, there is a scene where he is teaching a girl how to play her clarinet. She has been playing the thing for 3 years but still can't get out a note. He tells her to think of the sunset, and suddenly she can play perfectly.Corny. Very corny. Dreyfuss is pretty much the only thing going for this one-time rental.
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