Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
"Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own."
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 67%
(RT: 75%, MC: 59) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jay Thomas as Bill Meister
Damon Whitaker as Bobby Tidd
Is Mr. Holland's Opus good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 472 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 67%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
