TEACHING MRS. TINGLE

Leanne is a girl who has always put her best effort into studying. Now, on the eve of her diploma, she is competing for a scholarship that would take her to Harvard, but her history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, has decided to put obstacles in her way to favor her protégée. Desperate, a victim of a misunderstanding that seems to leave her no chance, she decides, with the help of her friends, to confront the terrible teacher, but the situation degenerates beyond all imagination. "Killing Mrs. Tingle", directed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter of "Scream" and the successful TV series "Dawson's Creek"), is a 1999 film, released in Italy two years later, which probably would never have arrived without the great box office success of its lead actress Katie Holmes ("Wonder Boys" and, of course, "Dawson's Creek"). The film is of a baffling mediocrity and leaves nothing, neither good nor bad, to the viewer. As a brilliant film, it does not hold up because the jokes are certainly not hilarious, as a black comedy it is not bad enough, and as a thriller it has no suspense and is implausible. Everything is very predictable: dialogues, situations, characters, and, of course, the ending. Perhaps Kevin Williamson gives his best when he writes films for other directors, so it would be better if he continued his work as a screenwriter and left the director's chair to others "more experienced". Anyway, it was his debut, who knows if he will improve in the future, after all, doing worse would be difficult.