Song to Song
Broad Green Pictures | Release Date: March 17, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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16
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12
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 23, 2017
Song to Song isn’t the sleepy disappointment Malick’s last two films were, but it’s hard not to wish he’d wake up. Read full review
60
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoMar 11, 2017
Song To Song is one of the more accessible Malick films as of late, succeeding largely in part thanks to a cast who plays their dramatic beats like poetry in motion. Read full review
58
IndieWireEric KohnMar 11, 2017
There’s plenty of intrigue to the dissonance of a hard-rock lifestyle and Malick’s gentle touch, but much of the movie’s potential is overshadowed by the impulses of a director unwilling to get there. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 23, 2017
So many great actors, cast adrift by a script that feels incomplete and a brilliant director delivering one of his lesser works. Read full review
50
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 13, 2017
Best appreciated as a sensory experience whose deeper meanings aren’t nearly as profound as the filmmaker and cast believe, Song To Song demonstrates that Malick remains a singular artist — albeit one in a palpable rut. Read full review
50
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 11, 2017
Those impatient with Malick’s cyclical fixations will easily find themselves worn out by Song To Song especially in the enervating third act that essentially repeats the entire movie and its theme exhaustingly. Read full review
42
ConsequenceMarten CarlsonMar 12, 2017
Put simply, Song to Song lacks the soul of Malick’s best work. Read full review
40
TheWrapRobert AbeleMar 16, 2017
Song to Song is that most fascinating of busts: it spurs many feelings, but they’re sentiments like real estate envy, Austin yearning (if you’ve ever been), Lubezki admiration, and pity for A-listers who can’t improvise. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMar 12, 2017
Song to Song was formerly known as Weightless, which would have suited its drifting, twirling rhythms. At least its new title doesn’t invite an en-masse sigh of: “well, quite”. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 11, 2017
A swirly-girly sameness has taken over Malick’s flow; his movies aren’t supposed to feel like fashion spreads but they do, even as hushed narrators speak about their aching souls and lost loves. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 11, 2017
Ersatz local color aside, suffice to say that Song to Song is not designed to win back onetime admirers who felt Malick's To the Wonder and Knight of Cups drowned in their own navels. Though offering the occasional radiant moment (usually involving scenery), it is of a piece with those films. Read full review
40
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 11, 2017
Song to Song finds the maestro in broken-record mode, rehashing more or less the same themes against the backdrop of the Austin music scene — merely the latest borderline-awful Malick movie that risks to undermine the genius and mystery of his best work. Read full review
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