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Hear and Now (2007)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:7

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:2007

Synopsis: Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky tells a deeply personal story about her deaf parents, and their radical decision—after 65 years of silence—to undergo cochlear implant surgery, a complex procedure... Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky tells a deeply personal story about her deaf parents, and their radical decision—after 65 years of silence—to undergo cochlear implant surgery, a complex procedure that could give them the ability to hear. --© Sundance Film Festival [More]


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It's the merging of filmmaker and daughter that makes this documentary and memoir so compelling and appealing to a mass audience.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
05/07/08
Shelley Gabert
Shelley Gabert
FilmStew.com

Be prepared to be fully immersed in it.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
12/07/07
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

Hear and Now is a beautifully made film, with footage that helps filmgoers understand the richness of the world of sight, the challenges of the world of no sound and the considerable talents and charm of her parents.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
03/23/07
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Irene Taylor Brodsky's documentary about her parents' late-in-life decision to undergo cochlear-implant surgery is a moving tribute to her folks and their accomplishments, and an engrossing emotional roller-coaster for filmgoers.

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02/17/07
Bonnie Fazio
Bonnie Fazio
Reel.com

Missing is any meaningful context about either the medical procedure or its significance among the deaf.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
02/02/07
Justin Lowe
Justin Lowe
Hollywood Reporter
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The film is an extremely personal one that carefully shares with us many tender moments.

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01/27/07
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

Truly an intimate portrait into the lives of a remarkable couple as they struggle to get, and ultimately cope with, this life-changing surgery.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
01/27/07
Zack Haddad
Zack Haddad
Film Threat

Like the wrenching personal accounts of cancer survivors, Hear and Now unlocks the psychological side of their experience, with raw emotion smoothing over the intimate pic's less cinematic qualities.

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01/24/07
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Variety
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