It starts off slowly but by the end it is quite touching.
It's interesting to see the sacrifices and personal lives of professional classical musicians. This drama combines a not often looked at story of classical musicians and Parkinson's disease which isn't given as much film and TV depiction as Alzheimers.
Christopher Walken is suitably slowed down as a Parkinson's victim. Catherine Keener is convincing as a classical musician but Philip Seymour despite trying to act like he can play a violin, comes across as a bit artificial and not a sensitive classical musician.
The romance between Mark Ivanir and Imogen Poots (who definitely can't hold a violin properly) is kind of gross but the way it ended is refreshing.
Didn't like the pieces of music they chose to feature in this movie. But it does give a greater appreciation of the individual members of a string quartet.
It's interesting to see the sacrifices and personal lives of professional classical musicians. This drama combines a not often looked at story of classical musicians and Parkinson's disease which isn't given as much film and TV depiction as Alzheimers.
Christopher Walken is suitably slowed down as a Parkinson's victim. Catherine Keener is convincing as a classical musician but Philip Seymour despite trying to act like he can play a violin, comes across as a bit artificial and not a sensitive classical musician.
The romance between Mark Ivanir and Imogen Poots (who definitely can't hold a violin properly) is kind of gross but the way it ended is refreshing.
Didn't like the pieces of music they chose to feature in this movie. But it does give a greater appreciation of the individual members of a string quartet.