Boychoir

Name: Boychoir
Genre: Drama
Released: April 3, 2015
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 51

2015

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| Release Date: April 3, 2015

Summary: A rebellious preteen (Garrett Wareing) with a remarkable gift is challenged by a demanding vocal teacher (Dustin Hoffman) at one of the most prestigious music academies in the country as they prepare for the National Championship.

Director: François Girard

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 103 min

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Lou Lumenick

Apr 1, 2015

Could easily have become a schmaltzy variation on “Whiplash.” But it’s not, thanks to astringent direction by François Girard (“The Red Violin’’), an excellent cast and heavenly young voices. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 23, 2015

Boychoir may be soft, but it’s not run-of-the-mill TV-movie treacle, offering just enough edge to lend credibility. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Apr 2, 2015

There’s nothing wrong with being uplifting, but something less predictable would have been refreshing. Read full review

The Playlist Nikola Grozdanovic

Jan 23, 2015

Thanks to a few exemplary moments of monumental acting from Hoffman, truly harmonious singing from the boys, and a graceful score by Brian Byrne, Boychoir is, at its best, a comfortable viewing and listening pleasure. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Mar 30, 2015

Hoffman’s role is an important one, but not a big one. He’s not called upon to bring a lot to the table, and, as a pro, doesn’t muscle up his part. Read full review

Deborah Young

Jan 23, 2015

It's a wonderful idea with good crowd-pleasing potential and, had the story-telling been more credible, this could have been a major coup for all concerned. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Apr 2, 2015

With "Whiplash" setting the new bar for depicting the rigorous discipline and competitiveness in a music academy, the stale, one-note narrative seen in Boychoir sounds even more out of tune. Read full review

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Menorah

Mar 8, 2016

Boychoir is an incredible movie which tackles several issues at the same time: music, child abandonment and neglect, investing in your passion and disappointment over unfulfilled dreams. The music is the principal protagonist of this movie and Stet's story is absolutely moving. This movie isBoychoir is an incredible movie which tackles several issues at the same time: music, child abandonment and neglect, investing in your passion and disappointment over unfulfilled dreams. The music is the principal protagonist of this movie and Stet's story is absolutely moving. This movie is to be watched again and again. Highly recommended!… Expand

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donelson

Aug 19, 2015

Straight plot, but the music is astounding!
This is a straight plot, poor boy makes good, this time in a boys' choir. It's well-paced and handled, if very familiar.
Where the movie shines is the choral music itself: Achingly beautiful, uplifting, like nothing I have heard before inStraight plot, but the music is astounding!
This is a straight plot, poor boy makes good, this time in a boys' choir. It's well-paced and handled, if very familiar.

Where the movie shines is the choral music itself: Achingly beautiful, uplifting, like nothing I have heard before in depth.

See this movie, yes just relax - it's easy. Then close your eyes and float away on the ethereal and magical choral music.

Wonderful stuff. Dreyfuss is fine, Bates is good, the boy actors are fine and competent. The villain is mildly villainous, etc. The settings are good.

Camera and production good, writing adequate. Again, none of this really matters. None of it's objectionable or bad. It's the music you go for.… Expand

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jhep

Apr 8, 2015

I went the see the new Dustin Hoffman movie“Boychoir” the other night and I can’t say enough good things about it !! What a GLORIOUS film…..Among its many, many delights, it features music straight from heaven that will have you out scouring the nearest music store for CD’s showcasing boy’sI went the see the new Dustin Hoffman movie“Boychoir” the other night and I can’t say enough good things about it !! What a GLORIOUS film…..Among its many, many delights, it features music straight from heaven that will have you out scouring the nearest music store for CD’s showcasing boy’s choirs (and very possibly the film’s own fabulous soundtrack, which may well be destined for chart-busting best sales!)........Most of all this film is INTELLIGENT and full of WISDOM and INSIGHT....... It is also beautifully directed, shot and edited and features a remarkably credible and deeply satisfying script.....

Director Francois Girard (of "The Red Violin" fame) is following here in the noble steps of another Francois... ..("Truffaut" in case you haven't guessed) whose film "The Wild Child", "Boychoir" closely resembles.....so a sort of contemporary version of the Truffaut film with Hoffman playing Dr. Itard role that Truffaut played.......Indeed the spirit of Francois Truffaut seems to hover lovingly over every frame of this delightful film.........Hoffman has developed into an actor who is a master of understatement and subtle suggestion. His performance here is almost invisible !.....he keeps you wanting to know MORE about his character, while at the same time deliberately and resolutely concealing these revelations within an aura of intrigue and the effect is mesmerizing !........when he does finally "deliver" in a few crucial scenes, you hang on his every word! ....

....and finally "Boychoir" is a film that is badly needed at this point in time. Our too beleaguered and overwrought civilization needs so badly to reconnect with the humane values and wisdom that Francois Girard’s film envelopes us in……please go see this film and then tell your friends about it.....it needs to find its own audience and to be acclaimed for the remarkably fine work that it is...

.....and then there’s THE MUSIC !!!!… Expand

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annbd

Jan 21, 2019

Boychoir is not only intriguing, but also enters the role of a singing lesson, I'm pretty sure I've improved my singing technique with this one. Anyhow, Boychoir as a musical experience shows the big influence of art and his helping mechanism regarding coping with tragic and difficulties.

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