AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

nvswann Loved the film, so inspiring. Glad they picked Meryl, she really made the film. Well of course the kids did too. I'm glad to know the real kids were involved. What a great program for a lot of troubled kids. It takes a lot of courage to create a program like this, I'm sure the real teacher had her work cut out for her. God bless all of the teachers who are as devoted to helping kids as she was. It's a lesson for everyone how we can change people lives of other around us. I wasn't really expecting to like the film when it started. But it did take me long to go get my mom and share it with her. Kids, if directed can do amazing things! Sometime you have to give up (such as a romance) to get the job done. I recommend it highly!

Andreapworth First of all, Streep practiced the violin for 6 hours a day in preparation for this role. And of course, it shows. I've studied piano for 10 years and so much of the music and musical places featured in this film were so fun to watch. The final scene in Carnegie Hall was super, plus a couple of THE violinists. Wow.All in all, I just love this movie. All of the cast was good and the scope of the material covered was also fleshed out. You don't need to play the violin to appreciate it, but it does help if you SOMETHING about music and the drive to succeed in the field.Just watch it, rent it, and learn something about music and the drive the fuels people to succeed at it. And learn something about the notable violists that appear in the film. They are considered some of the best. And if you listen to their recordings, you can see why!

ianlouisiana What could be worse than Meryl Streep with a cute foreign accent condescending to "Ghetto Kids" and tearing up to Stern and Perlman?No,I can't think of anything either.In a movie to leave the Hollywood Cliché devotees dizzy with delight Miss Streep transcends racial and cultural barriers with one bound and turns Harlem in the happy little Rainbow Nation the movies would love it to be.Sorry guys - it just ain't so. Wes Craven - either enormously naive or enormously cynical - has talked up a small but significant victory into a world - class celebratory blubfest with Jew,European and African American all playing - and by extension living - in harmony.Admirable sentiments,laudable intentions?Or downright deception.You be the judge. If closing down music departments in schools means more movies like "Music from the heart" then for heaven's sake reopen them at once. The really sad thing is that by larding the film down with hyperbole and excessive sentiment,the producers have succeeded in denigrating the brave work of Roberta Guaspari.Assuming this was not their intention,it was at least a bad miscalculation.

math_drama When I was in second grade, I started to play the violin because I loved the sound. After I started, my mom and dad kept urging me to watch "Music of the Heart" since it was about violins. I always said that I would watch it sometime, but I never got to it. I could never find the tape in our house, and then one night, it was on TV. I went into our living room to watch it, and then when it went to commercials, my dad gave me the tape and I went to my mom's room to watch it. I was surprised about how entertaining and inspiring it was. After I watched it, I immediately took my violin out and starting practicing. Whenever I watch the movie, I practice my violin afterward because I am so inspired to play my best. And, it isn't only inspiring for violin players; my sister plays the flute, and she is inspired to play her instrument well, too. "Music of the Heart" is an entertaining, inspirational, and musical movie that I'm sure will please any music lovers.