Funny, often cringe-inducing and, at heart, a real moral drama, Great World has a lot to say about the state of culture, commerce and self-delusion in our celebrity-craving society.
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09/28/07
Great World of Sound (2007)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:33
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: The Great World Of Sound is a charming and unassuming film, thanks to breakthrough performances from Pat Healy and Kene Holiday.
Theatrical Release:Sep 14, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: In today's American Idol culture, the road to success and fame is paved with deceit and manufactured talent. The Great World of Sound astutely addresses the growing trend of people looking for a... [More]
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Reviews for Great World of Sound
...an involving, offbeat and truly unusual American independent film.
09/28/07
Top CriticZobel’s directorial debut is as bleak a look at working as Miller or Mamet’s efforts, but what’s most striking about this bittersweet drama is its absence of indignant rage.
09/27/07
A cinematic effort of striking confidence...It's a film that will upset, entertain, and bore, often in the same moment.
09/21/07
Kene Holliday, who many might remember as Andy Griffith's African-American sidekick on the TV series Matlock back in the late Eighties, revitalizes his career here with a nonpareil outing which ought not be forgotten come Oscar time.
09/20/07
Much of the movie is spot-on.
09/14/07
One the most impressive and promising feature debuts since Richard Linklater's Slacker.
09/14/07
Though it takes a while to get in sync with its flat style and sluggish pace, the movie creeps up on you in stirring, unexpected ways.
09/14/07
Great World of Sound makes its point quietly.
09/14/07
Nimble performers...lift Great World of Sound above its central gimmick, turning it into a subtle, funny and depressing observation of unspoken race and class tensions.
09/14/07
Top CriticWhile song sharking is a fact, this is another naive Hollywood vision of business...with dialogue and characters too cartoonish to establish verisimilitude.
09/14/07
reminds one of those great indie charmers that were the basis of the 1990s indie movement
09/13/07
Great World of Sound is about the chicanery that feeds off pinched wallets, but it's also a metaphorical satire of a music business so busy scavenging for sales it has forgotten its roots.
09/13/07
Top CriticHas its minor charms, but it never gets at the deeper, more interesting side of the fascinating world in which it's set.
09/12/07
Inspired by the reality-based Borat and various works about salesmen, Zobel's sporadically charming and often provocative feature debut adds an honorable panel to a growing number of comedies and dramedies about our obsession with fame and celebrity.
08/27/07
No matter what's real or rehearsed, Great Wall Of Sound couldn't come any closer to the truth.
07/15/07
[Kene Holliday's] performance here is one of the year's best.
06/30/07
Endless rationalization can in the end be pretty convincing, especially to one's self.
05/11/07
This is a small film that was clearly made on a shoestring budget, but in many ways that works in its favor. The screenplay does bog down a little into a somewhat repetitive manner in the middle section. Still, Zobel and his actors try to find variations
05/07/07
A movie about conscience that flatly refuses the catharsis and redemption a mainstream feature would demand, Great World of Sound is a dirty gem, shining despite the modesty of its production.
05/02/07
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September 12, 2007:
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