Hunky Dory
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: March 22, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 8, 2013
When rehearsals finally give way to full, unconventional production numbers, it's hard to imagine any way Hunky Dory could get much better. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMar 21, 2013
Pop memories are short. If the world conjured by Hunky Dory is sweetly appealing, it has all the pertinence of a dream half-remembered from long ago. Read full review
60
NPRJoel ArnoldMar 21, 2013
Don't expect more than a passing summer breeze. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 21, 2013
Enthusiasm carries the day in this paint-by-numbers period tale, which is just charming enough to coast on its own clichés. Read full review
60
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarMar 19, 2013
Hunky Dory isn't blazing any trails, but if you're not wholly burned out by the genre and/or look back fondly on the Glam era, you'll find musicals haven't yet completely gone to the (diamond) dogs. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 8, 2013
Marc Evans's Hunky Dory is sentimental, sweet-natured and daft as a brush. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickMar 22, 2013
Although the golden-hued cinematography (a filming cliché that really needs to be retired) and the sometimes slack direction by Marc Evans are minuses, Hunky Dory does deliver in the musical department. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChris CabinMar 21, 2013
Director Marc Evans's monotonous style keeps the film earthbound. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedMar 19, 2013
The result is not without a few moments of exhilaration, although the overall effect is more like the Bard of Avon meets "Glee." Read full review
50
The PlaylistWilliam GossMar 8, 2013
As emblematic of the film’s general indifference as anything is Driver’s central, perfectly fine performance. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMar 20, 2013
It’s too broad in both its humor and its melodrama, and there are so many narrative threads that none of them aside from Driver’s really get their due. Read full review
40
Time OutKeith PhippsMar 19, 2013
When it’s indulging in glammed-up musical sequences, Hunky Dory comes to life; everything else couldn’t seem less inspiring. Read full review
40
VarietyLeslie FelperinMar 15, 2013
The picture draws only slight entertainment value from the spectacle of youngsters warbling 1970s pop tunes, like a retro version of “High School Musical” with less charm. Read full review
40
EmpireAngie ErrigoMar 8, 2013
There's lo-fi charm in the musical numbers and heartfelt turns from the young cast but the story drifts along without offering much that we haven't seen before. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonMar 21, 2013
Laurence Coriat's shapeless script...pads its overlong running time with standard teen trauma — band squabbles, girl betrayals, skinhead brothers — that saps the audience's energy before the grand finale. Read full review
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