Speaking in Strings
Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: October 29, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
An extraordinarily intimate, deeply affecting and revelatory documentary on how pain and passion can come together in a creative artist. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
If it doesn't shed much light on the violinist's personal life, it certainly conveys how personally she relates to her work. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Holds our attention by dispensing information gradually, like a piece of fiction. Read full review
63
New York PostRod Dreher
The movie isn't bad, only scattered and incomplete. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Draws a curtain over her intimate personal life. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
(Salerno-Sonnenberg's) determination and resilience should speak to a broader audience. Read full review
50
San Francisco ExaminerAllan Ullrich
What mystifies, too, is the complete absence of information about Salerno-Sonnenberg's private life. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyAlan Rich
The less you know about the world of classical music and, specifically, about one of its more flamboyant denizens, the violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the less the offense of Speaking in Strings. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Conveys little sense of a connection, as if di Florio had made it mainly because she had access to a celebrity. Read full review
30
Village VoiceRobert Hilferty
A clumsy labor of love with unforgivable lapses...key footage is missing, and it fails to show why Salerno-Sonnenberg's controversial interpretations are so original and valid. Read full review
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