Meryl Streep is superb (no surprise there) as a violin teacher trying to teach inner city youths to play the violin. All the acting is good (even the kids!), the music is beautiful and the story doesn't shy away from the kids painful home life. One problem--Streep plays the teacher a little too harsh--she never seems to even LIKE the kids, so why is she teaching them? Also the kids are never really shown falling in love with violin playing. I started wondering why they were doing it--cause they were scared of Streep? Still, I enjoyed the movie but director Wes Craven should really stick to horror movies. He's not too good at this type of movie.
Review of Music of the Heart
