The Over the Hill Band
NeoClassics Films | Release Date: February 25, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
IndieWireEric KohnFeb 24, 2011
Like Stephen Walker's delicate nonfiction portrait "Young@Heart," it's a genuine heart-tugger about senior citizens rediscovering their youth by singing pop music; like Craig Brewer's crowdpleasing "Hustle & Flow," it sympathizes with a struggling rap artist without glossing over his flaws. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelMar 3, 2011
Despite the silly-sounding premise, it's a wistful, bittersweet meditation on aging and death. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerFeb 22, 2011
Enthoven and his screenwriters walk a fine line between celebrating the vitality of the elderly and asking us to laugh at their youthful affectations, twice embarrassing his three septuagenarians by forcing them to sing along to Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam." Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. MusettoFeb 25, 2011
It's also sugary and has a silly tear-jerker ending. But I found myself laughing at the film's gentle humor, anyway. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFeb 25, 2011
Calculated Belgian crowd-pleaser. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 24, 2011
This drippy dramedy embraces every inappropriate-oldster cliché with depressing calculation. Read full review
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