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The Concert (Le concert) (2010)

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 62
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Critic Reviews: 13
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Thirty years ago, Andrei Filipov was the conductor of the illustrious Bolshoi orchestra until he was fired for using Jewish musicians. Now he works as a janitor and drinks too much. But when he intercepts an invitation for the Bolshoi to perform in Paris, Andrei masterminds a plan to gather his own Bolshoi to go in their place in order to make a triumphant return to the music scene. With a motley bunch of former musicians at his side, Andrei sets off for Paris to fulfill his destiny and return

PG-13, 2 hr.

Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Radu Mihaileanu

Written By: Radu Mihaileanu, Matthew Robbins

In Theaters: Jul 30, 2010 Wide

On DVD: Jan 1, 2011

Box Office:$0.7M

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Critic Reviews for The Concert (Le concert)

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"The Concert" is manipulative, overly sentimental, sometimes ludicrous and almost completely irresistible.

March 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

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Benefits from clever editing and a credible cinematic representation of the ineffable power of music to ignite the human spirit. Sadly, the magic is way too long in the making.

October 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Greg Quill

Toronto Star

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The Concert was so unfunny, I had to consult IMDB.com to make sure that it was indeed listed as a comedy.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Rachel Saslow

Washington Post

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It ends in a place of transcendent emotion that sends everyone out of the theater in a swirl of transport.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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The Concert is a breakneck melodrama that milks laughs and wrings tears.

August 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

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Even though the grand finale is not without some arm-twisting, The Concert is a passable, sometimes skillful farce.

August 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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"The Concert" builds beautifully from a farcical premise that requires a suspension of disbelief to a musical climax that washes away our cynicism in a wave of honest tears.

April 22, 2011 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Concert is never quite as meaningful as it makes itself out to be. That's not to say it isn't entertaining and even occasionally moving.

April 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly

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Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Por su humor absurdo, su emotivo final y el encanto de sus personajes, El Concierto tiene todos los ingredientes para convertirse en la "feel-good-movie" del a�o.

April 8, 2011 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

"The Lives of Others" as seen through the feel-good filter of "Mr. Holland's Opus" - a struggle of creativity against oppression with more of the merrily made music that touchingly triumphs over adversity.

March 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Suite101.com

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Nick Rogers

Suite101.com

[C]rammed with so much Hollywood feel-good that a studio remake is surely just around the corner... It's all entirely preposterous, and very lovely...

March 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

The drama and the comedy often don't fit together, but The Concert is so endlessly good-natured that you keep watching regardless.

October 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

I was annoyed by the thickness with which it layers on the schmaltz and the obviousness with which it tells its jokes.

October 1, 2010 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

At the end of the concerto, the concert hall resounds with applause, and Gavrilov utters the film's next-to-last word: "Amen." The final word? "Bravo." That's my judgment as well.

September 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Christianity Today

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CT Staff

Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

Like an overanxious cymbal player, crashing out of control throughout the symphony, there's so much peripheral noise that we can barely hear the music of the piece. But please ... don't play it again, Samski.

August 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Indie Movies Online

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Kimberly Gadette

Indie Movies Online

It's not often we get to see a true Russian farce.

August 11, 2010 Full Review Source: East Bay Express

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

It's a sweet-natured, agreeable-enough diversion, with just enough high culture, rowdy comic relief and flirtations with historical import that it's comfort food for art-house patrons of a certain age.

August 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly

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Sean Burns

Philadelphia Weekly

A 'Concert' not worth attending.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Amiable enough if underwhelming.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Washington City Paper

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Tricia Olszewski

Washington City Paper

Concert leaves a winning impression. Had the rest of the film matched the closer's sincerity, there might've been something truly remarkable to celebrate here.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

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Undeniably good-looking, at times funny, always loud and very (and I mean very) over-the-top. Valeri Barinov, Anna Kamenkova and Dimitry Nazarov are the standouts among the cast. Sadly, this film disappoints terribly. It's incoherent, it's oh-so-melodramatic, it has plot holes the size of the Eiffel Tower and it relies

July 31, 2010

Fernando Rafael Quintero Casta�eda

Super Reviewer

Le Concert, a French/Russian movie, had everything, great music,good script, and some of the best performances was put here on screen. Le Concert was a movie, that reached all levels, entertaining, funny, dramatic, and also allowed the viewer to see inside the character's hearts and souls. It managed to show one of the

October 24, 2010

Daisy Maduro

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