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Music of the Heart (2000)
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Why, you might ask, would Wes Craven direct a conventional biopic about Roberta Guaspari, a divorced mother of two who created an acclaimed music program in East Harlem's troubled school system? After all, Craven built his career on Freddy Krueger and the Scream trilogy, and you won't find razor-tipped gloves or a single drop of blood in Music of the Heart. All Craven has to do is provide a safe working environment for Meryl Streep (who earned an obligatory Oscar nomination), sublimate his deft directorial style, and surrender to the banalities of Pamela Gray's screenplay, which would've played more effectively on cable TV....
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| Music of the Heart Movie Review by Steven (11/23/2007) |
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Movies like "Music of the Heart" rely on added sentimentality which is not needed. What is so likable about the film is that all the meoldrama is already packed in so there is not much to add.
The movie is about a divorced mother, Roberta Guaspari, played the great Meryl Streep who meets an old flame (Aidan Quinn). He...
(complete Music of the Heart review by Steven)
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