The Music Never Stopped
2,063
Drama
Almost 20 years after their teenage son Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci) ran away from home, Henry (J.K. Simmons) and Helen Sawyer (Cara Seymour) learn that he has turned up in a hospital. Although benign, a brain tumor has damaged his memory, rendering past and present indistinguishable. Sensing that Gabriel responds to music, Henry seeks out a music therapist (Julia Ormand), who discovers that when Gabriel listens to the rock music he ... [+]
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United States | Variety | "The novel premise and otherwise nuanced performances are enough to hold attention" | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "Presumably intended as an inspirational medical drama, this dated effort congeals into stale nostalgia" | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "It's sentimental, yet so honest and eccentric that it rises above schmaltz." | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "The Music Never Stopped achieves an admirable poignancy about our emotional, healing relationship to the songs we love." | POS |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "The sentimental pull of the film is hard to resist (...) Buoyed by the music, the value of this kind of therapy comes through loud and clear" | POS |
United States | SFGATE | "The songs and a couple of strong performances are only good enough to make the film watchable, not exceptional." | NEU |
United States | Variety | "The novel premise and otherwise nuanced performances are enough to hold attention" | POS |
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