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67% Critic Match
Music of the Heart
“She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.”
6.7 / 10• 1999• 2h 4m•PG• English
DramaMusic
Storyline
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
Cast & Crew
Meryl Streep
Roberta
Lead
Aidan Quinn
Brian
Angela Bassett
Janet
Gloria Estefan
Isabel
Cloris Leachman
Assunta
Josh Pais
Dennis
Jane Leeves
Dorothea
Kieran Culkin
Lexi at 15
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wes Craven's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Music of the Heart is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
