The Concert
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: July 30, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The crowd-pleasing comic Euro-drama The Concert is, at its musical center, as full of ripe emotion as Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. It's also as darkly funny as a Slavic farce, a composition of sweet cacophony. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
It acknowledges grief, horror, and loss, but never lets it get in the way of a big, bright laugh. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsApr 22, 2011
Builds beautifully from a farcical premise that requires a suspension of disbelief to a musical climax that washes away our cynicism in a wave of honest tears. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 24, 2011
Manipulative, overly sentimental, sometimes ludicrous and almost completely irresistible. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Moves from rowdy, broad comedy to shameless heart-tugging, but Romanian writer-director Radu Mihaileanu keeps this French production flowing buoyantly, skittering past all manner of improbabilities. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Though The Concert swerves and skids, it never goes off the road, and when the moment counts, when things really make a difference, the film comes through beautifully. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
For at least three-fourths of its running time, The Concert is predictable, soft-edged and unremarkable. Then the titular performance, of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, begins, and the music elicits the emotional response the rest of the film has been striving for the whole time. It's enough to almost make the whole thing worthwhile. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazineWade Major
Fans of "Train of Life" will undoubtedly embrace the picture's similarly ragtag collection of clever, lovable misfits. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Cross the cold war nostalgia of "Good Bye, Lenin!" with the larcenous high jinks of "The Producers" and you've got the gist of this zany Russian screwball comedy. Read full review
65
MovielineMichelle Orange
A pleasant dramatic caper that wears out its welcome, The Concert is the houseguest who sings a little too loudly and too long for his supper, tone deaf to the line between charm and imposition. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
A passable, sometimes skillful farce. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
All in all, not good, but not bad. Read full review
60
EmpireIan Freer
More sentimental, less spiky than Mihaileanu's stock-in-trade, Le Concert is an enjoyable take on the underdogs genre. And Laurent and the music are sublime. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
How much control are you willing to cede when you see a movie? Because director Radu Mihaileanu is fiercely determined to manipulate your every emotion. Read full review
50
VarietyJay Weissberg
The story regurgitates the usual trappings of underdog tales, milking stereotypes as well as tear ducts. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
A discordant mix of melodrama and chaotic farce. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The harder this desperately obsequious circus of a movie tries to entertain, the more it falls short. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Beyond fans of Mélanie Laurent--who furiously fingers a fiddle and wears flashback wigs--The Concert may appeal to those who delight in stereotypes. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid Fear
So it's the story of a down-and-out bigwig vindicating himself by revising his crowning cultural moment. Feel free to draw your own conclusions. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
The Concert is an art-house trap, the cinematic equivalent of one of those salads that turns out to have more calories than a Big Mac. And for the same reason: gobs of thick, sweet dressing. Read full review
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