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CODA

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

CODA

2021

Siân Heder

Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant ...

6.7

9,561

Drama Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. She is a CODA -child of deaf adult-. At 17, she works mornings before school to help her parents (Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur) and brother (Daniel Durant) keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school’s choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) and her latent passion for singing. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Tender, lively, funny, and beautifully stirring (...) It’s a movie about a family, and by the end you may feel you know them as well as you know your own."	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A well-intentioned but conventional attempt to win over audiences (...) it’s a minor film (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Jon Frosch The Hollywood Reporter	"A radiant, deeply satisfying heartwarmer that more than embraces formula; it locates the pleasure and pureness in it, reminding us of the comforting, even cathartic, gratifications of a feel-good story well told."	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"You'll laugh, you'll cry and all steps in between at the funny, touching and vital 'CODA' (...) It also represents the very best in family entertainment (...) [It]'s an emotional powerhouse and one of the year's best movies"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Often quite touching and funny, writer-director Sian Heder’s second feature sometimes succumbs to contrivances and crowd-pleasing theatrics, but one can hardly fault her obvious affection for these messy, engaging characters."	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"What 'CODA' lacks in storytelling originality, it more than makes up for with other touches of ingenuity (...) It’s a crowd-pleaser that works its formula well, even as it breaks new ground."	POS
United States	Gregory Ellwood The Playlist	"One of those movies where you know where the story is going pretty much the entire time, but the elements harmonize so beautifully it still sucks you in."	POS
United States	Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"Caring, boisterous, and adorned with the hugest of hearts (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"Two parts raw and real, one part manipulative, 'CODA' finds engaging characters and real emotions in a hackneyed narrative arc. See it, though, for a terrific turn from Emilia Jones (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"[It] celebrates simple pleasures (...) On a purely narrative level, 'CODA' is nothing if not predictable or formulaic (...) A wonderfully calibrated cast working on the same wavelength"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Modest but thoroughly satisfying, corny but effective, never edgy and always likable (...) A sweet, openhearted coming-of-age story that succeeds in spite of its own predictability"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"More than once, Heder effectively flips the film's viewpoint to that of her deaf characters (...) In moments like this, we see the ghost of a more fruitful movie"	NEU
United States	Siddhant Adlakha The New York Observer	"Its unique delights lie in the way it captures its characters (...) [It] frames music not just as a sensory pleasure, but as an expression of need (...) A wholesome film —holistically so (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"'Coda' features a nice little romance, but this is primarily a story about a family. A family that just happens to communicate via ASL but will remind you of families you know (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"A small movie, exquisitely made. Touching, funny and stirring, it would be the kind of movie you'd urge a friend to run out and see (...) 'Coda' deserves all the applause that has come its way"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"'CODA' is here to remind us that, as often as not, cliches are true — and sometimes happen to work (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"It's the type of feel-good movie that leaves you both uplifted and exhausted (...) 'CODA' knows how to work that conventional-to-a-fault indie feeling like a champ"	NEU
United States	Katey Rich Vanity Fair	"Sian Heder, with her exceptional cast, remains in full control of the tone even as the story follows every predictable beat."	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"The crowd-pleasing 'CODA' uses a touching lead performance, common themes and a glimpse at a spirited deaf family to craft a beautiful exercise in empathy chock full of the warm fuzzies"	POS
United States	Amy Amatangelo Paste Magazine	"By the time the movie reaches its poignant, beautiful conclusion, I defy anyone to have a dry eye. 'CODA' is about letting go and letting your loved ones soar"	POS
United States	Perri Nemiroff Collider	"An undeniable charmer about juggling obligations to friends, family and self. When 'CODA' hits the right notes in that balancing act, it's euphoric."	POS
United States	Glenn Whipp Los Angeles Times	"Get ready for 'CODA', the feel-good movie that will emotionally destroy you (...) Have some tissue handy"	POS
United States	Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"Grounded and sweet, delicately bawdy, and decidedly hilarious, 'CODA' puts an effervescent and original spin on the coming-of-age comedy-drama (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"A handful of sitcom-ish moments seem like small glitches in a script that works so winningly to bring the often unseen (...) world of deafness to such joyful, ordinary life."	POS

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