It's the merging of filmmaker and daughter that makes this documentary and memoir so compelling and appealing to a mass audience.
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05/07/08
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Hear and Now (2007)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
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... [More]
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Reviews for Hear and Now
1 - 8 (sorted by date)
Be prepared to be fully immersed in it.
12/07/07
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.
03/23/07
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.
02/17/07
Missing is any meaningful context about either the medical procedure or its significance among the deaf.
02/02/07
Top CriticThe film is an extremely personal one that carefully shares with us many tender moments.
01/27/07
Truly an intimate portrait into the lives of a remarkable couple as they struggle to get, and ultimately cope with, this life-changing surgery.
01/27/07
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.
01/24/07
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