Teaching Mrs. Tingle

“Before school lets out, Mrs. Tingle's class is going to need a substitute teacher.”

5.5(362)19991h 36m

ComedyThriller

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.

Director

Kevin Williamson

Budget

$13.0M

Revenue

$8.9M

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Cast

Helen Mirren

Mrs. Tingle

Katie Holmes

Leigh Ann Watson

Barry Watson

Luke Churner

Marisa Coughlan

Jo Lynn Jordan

Michael McKean

Principal Potter

Jeffrey Tambor

Coach Wenchell

Liz Stauber

Trudie Tucker

Molly Ringwald

Miss Banks

Vivica A. Fox

Miss Gold

John Patrick White

Brian Berry

Robert Gant

Professor

Lesley Ann Warren

Faye Watson (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

John Chard

11y ago

2.0

Caught between its aims? Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle. It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film should go in. At times it's jaunty when the scene appears to call for menace, and at others just plain bo...