Downtown Express
Lehman Studios | Release Date: April 20, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierApr 14, 2012
The movie's final act tries, somewhat admirably, to consolidate the plot's myriad interpersonal conflicts. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanApr 20, 2012
Grubin is an experienced documentarian, and he plays to his strengths here. He certainly makes the most of the Manhattan setting, whether his characters are practicing at Juilliard or playing for cash in the Times Square subway station. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 19, 2012
Little more than a showcase for Mr. Quint - whose acting is almost as toneless as his playing is sublime - this trite, sunny drama pins lengthy musical interludes onto the flimsiest of narratives and hopes for the best. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 19, 2012
While Downtown Express suffers from a derivative storyline, it offers enough musical authenticity to provide ample compensations. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick SchagerApr 17, 2012
Whether to let go and follow your own path is a stock dilemma, and an implausibly hopeful conclusion winds up undercutting the realism of this immigrant song. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerApr 17, 2012
The use of real musicians (both professionals, like Nellie McKay, and street performers) provides a certain authenticity to the performances, but the film's wide-eyed view of New York as a wonderland of harmonic diversity soon grows as tiresome as the film's trite romantic shuffling. Read full review
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