The Music Teacher (2012) Annie Potts, Emilie Ullerup, Kerry James, Shawn Roberts, Moneca Delain, Rukiya Bernard, P.J. Prinsloo, Nicole Muñoz, Richard Thomas Movie Review

The Music Teacher (2012)   3/53/53/53/53/5


Annie Potts as Alyson in The Music Teacher (2012)

Putting On a Show

Following an accident in which her husband and son were killed, Alyson (Annie Potts - Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story) has thrown herself into work as a music teacher, not just during class time but also after school as she runs a music club. But with the school needing to cut spending the after school music club is certainly going to go, leaving Alyson with nothing to fill the gap. That is until a group of her former students get together and decide to put on a show to help raise funds to keep the club going and in doing so deal with some issues left over from their own school days, whilst also some new ones which have cropped up since.

I believe that anyone who sits down to watch "The Music Teacher" having read a synopsis must do so expecting shall we say a bit of cheese, well this is a movie where a group of former students try to help a favourite teacher by "putting on a show". And to be honest "The Music Teacher" is full of cheese especially when it comes to these former students singing together, be it during rehearsals of when it comes to the big night, oh and that big night is the manipulative heart tugging musical experience you would expect. But do you know what, beneath numerous layers of cheese "The Music Teacher" does have a nice collection of stories, a reunion movie of sorts where these old friends deal with issues, some from the past and some from the present whilst that favourite teacher confronts some issues of her own.

Emilie Ullerup and Shawn Roberts in The Music Teacher (2012)

Now I'm not going to name names because there is a lot of cheesy acting going on when it comes to the musical side of "The Music Teacher" but there is during those non musical scenes some nice moments. Most of these nice moments come from Annie Potts as Alyson because it is hard not to like Potts when she is in full on nice mode. Emilie Ullerup as Dee Dee also ends up impressing because her story of being a failed actress who hides the truth has the most realism to it.

What this all boils down to is that "The Music Teacher" is one seriously cheesy movie but in a way when you read the synopsis it is what you expect. But even when you expect it it doesn't stop it from being too cheesy and cliche although also strangely entertaining, well sort of.


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