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A Late Quartet

2012

Yaron Zilberman

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Mark Ivanir ...

6.9

5,921

Drama Follows four members of a world-renowned string quartet who struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A small, shining gem of a movie that works its way into your heart with insinuating potency of music. Walken's performance is heartbreaking, and a master class in the craft of acting (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Betsy Sharkey Los Angeles Times	"Zilberman's minimalistic approach fits the idea of the film better than it fits the actual film (...) Unlike Beethoven's work, A Late Quartet ultimately feels unfinished"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A skillfully performed drama that treats the varieties of musical expression as an effective if unsubtle metaphor for a person's many possible pathways through life"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Magnificently acted film (...) deeply felt, musically savvy film (...) its great acting fills in the holes and smooths over the bumps in the same way that brilliant musicianship transforms a composition from notes and phrases into something ineffable."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'A Late Quartet' does one of the most interesting things any film can do. It shows how skilled professionals work (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"The film mines both the relationship issues and the Upper East Side neighborhoods of Woody Allen's best work, but could use an added dose of the Woodster's jokes to spruce up a self-serious scenario"	NEU

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