Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999 · TMDB 5.5

Directed by Kevin Williamson

A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

Helen Mirren Katie Holmes Barry Watson Marisa Coughlan Michael McKean Jeffrey Tambor Liz Stauber Molly Ringwald Vivica A. Fox John Patrick White Robert Gant Lesley Ann Warren

Director · Kevin Williamson Producer · Cathy Konrad Writer · Kevin Williamson Cinematography · Jerzy Zieliński Composer · John Frizzell Editor · Debra Neil-Fisher

Runtime: 96 min
Released: 1999-08-11
Studio: Dimension Films
Country: United States of America
Language: English
TMDB score: 5.5

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Tim Laws

2025-11-30

I thought the bad reviews for this were probably unfair. How could you go wrong with peak Kevin Williamson and Joey Potter?! Apparently, very easily. It plays like some terrible Dawson's Creek fanfic. They tie a horrible teacher up for days and then get away with it....and we're all happy because she got fired, they all graduated and Joey got everything she wanted?! The USA truly is a blackhole of morality. I saw a teacher lift a 15 year old boy off the ground by his shirt collar and scream in his face only 4 years before this film came out. The boy in question was an absolute c-word and deserved every bit of it. This same teacher managed to get a C out of me in maths and I can barely count. I imagine he retired early with an amazing pension. Now THAT's a happy ending! HOWEVER, Wes Craven missed a trick not casting Katie Holmes as Sydney Prescott. She'd have been awesome.