Unfinished Song
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: June 21, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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60
Village VoiceErnest HardyJun 18, 2013
Shamelessly manipulative, it's a highly effective if not very good film, its success entirely due to the talents of its cast. They bring heart to a script that is unabashedly about pushing buttons. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesJun 18, 2013
How the geriatric ensemble dramedy became the last bastion of British cinema is a bit of a riddle, but like Cadbury Creme Eggs and Manchester soul, it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJun 25, 2013
Manages a tear or two, and enough laughs to get by, even if from first scene to last the strain to stop just short of cloying shows. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 20, 2013
The movie, originally titled “Song for Marion,” has more emotional clout than you might reasonably expect from a piece of inspirational hokum. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJun 20, 2013
Comparatively simplistic and somewhat lazy, Unfinished Song presents one-dimensional characters in a thoroughly predictable story that aspires to be little more than easily digestible. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 25, 2013
Those who connected with "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" last year or the lesser "Quartet" earlier this year likely will find things to appreciate about Williams' film, given its similar senior citizen angle and general sense of niceness and decency. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJul 3, 2013
The gifted veterans, Redgrave and Stamp, manage to imbue their characters with personalities and physical bearings that transcend the stereotypical. But there’s little else that separates a film like this from the sing-your-heart-out self-actualizations of a teen show like "Glee." Read full review
40
NPRTomas HachardJun 20, 2013
Slowly but surely, Unfinished Song devolves into its premise's worst-case scenario: a generic portrait of suffering, resilience, grief and reconciliation that, even in its postscript dedication — "To Family" — can't reach beyond safe, all-encompassing but ultimately unsatisfying sentiments. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 19, 2013
Unfinished Song is a movie so geared toward hitting its spots, it amounts to emotional Muzak rather than something truly played live. Read full review
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