Music
Cinema Guild | Release Date: June 28, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New YorkerJustin ChangJun 28, 2024
Like many art films of a certain aesthetically adventurous, formally rigorous, narratively oblique persuasion, Music will probably be ignored by most and dismissed by many as excessively challenging at best and woefully obtuse at worst. But that overlooks the piercing, entirely accessible emotion that Schanelec layers into her story, often in ways that would seem counterintuitive in less assured hands. Read full review
83
The Film StageLeonardo GoiMar 9, 2023
Music is a beguiling film, one whose steady, exquisitely crafted frames only amplify the strength of emotions thrumming just beneath them. Read full review
80
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJun 27, 2024
Hope was never something that I associated with Schanelec’s typically dour films, yet here, from the darkness of a timeless tragedy emerges light. Read full review
80
Screen DailyWendy IdeFeb 25, 2023
It’s a film that requires considerable investment from the audience, and one that rations its rewards even to those who fully commit to the experience. Still, Schanelec’s approach draws the audience in, even as it holds them at arm’s length; she is uncommonly fond of wide shots. It’s an oddly fascinating endeavour. Read full review
80
VarietyJessica KiangFeb 25, 2023
Whatever its frustrations, they are outweighed by the pleasures on offer in this scintillating example of film’s uncanny ability to transcend itself, to operate on planes above, below and in between the images and soundscapes of which it is composed. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJun 28, 2024
It is a daring and assured subversion of conventional film language that will likely infuriate certain viewers and reward others. Read full review
75
Slant MagazinePat BrownFeb 28, 2023
Initially, more than mere fun, Angela Schanelec’s approach to storytelling is surprisingly affecting, but once you’ve figured out how to play, the game begins to feel a bit, well, ancient. Read full review
70
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganJun 26, 2024
Those unfamiliar with the director’s penchant for narrative opacity might find Music falling on deaf ears. For those up for the challenge, there are splendid moments of visual poise to soak in, but little to actually take away in terms of tangible storytelling. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerFeb 25, 2023
Music seems to be more of a tribute to the director’s unique aesthetic — her specialized use of image and sound, of character and landscape — than anything resembling a narrative, even if there are bits and pieces of story scattered throughout. Read full review
67
IndieWireBen CrollFeb 25, 2023
No matter how outwardly anodyne, nearly every frame is a product of rigorous blocking and choreography, stamping each shot with a kind of Good Filmmaking Seal of Approval that makes the chasm between the film’s deliberateness and opacity all the more vast. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 25, 2023
It is a film that does not proceed in the narrative style and the title seems to suggest that we should think of it as a different art form entirely: a constellation of themes, ideas, tropes, moods in which the personae relate to each other as concepts rather than characters. Read full review
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