The Singing Forest
Hollywood Independents | Release Date: November 14, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Overwhelming dislike based on 7 Critic Reviews
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TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The cast isn't bad but the movie is, and Amir's use of Holocaust imagery is cheap and unnecessary; Jo and Alexander could just as easily have died on the Titanic. At one point the dialogue is completely drowned out by the roar of the surf, and that is no doubt a blessing. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Awkwardly staged and edited and fitted out with an overly intrusive score drawn primarily from classical music, the film consistently subverts the earnest efforts of its cast. Read full review
12
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Amateurish, irritatingly gabby indie. Read full review
10
VarietyDennis Harvey
Provides scant entertainment value, intentional or otherwise. Read full review
0
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The Singing Forest was written and directed by Jorge Ameer, whose film "Strippers" opened three years ago and remained the single worst movie I had ever reviewed -- until now. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Bare-bones vanity project. Read full review
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L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Bad movies can be a hoot, but rather than campy, Ameer appears to be dead serious; and it's hard to feel anything but fury toward a filmmaker whose opening title sequence intersperses black-and-white flashbacks of his sexy young lovers with actual concentration-camp photos of stacked, emaciated corpses. Read full review
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