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Madame Sousatzka

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Madame Sousatzka (1988)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:12

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In the middle of a rapidly gentrifying London neighborhood, Madame Sousatzka, a piano teacher, and a group of eccentrics live in a decaying house that is being eyed by greedy developers. Despite... In the middle of a rapidly gentrifying London neighborhood, Madame Sousatzka, a piano teacher, and a group of eccentrics live in a decaying house that is being eyed by greedy developers. Despite all the changes taking place around her, she tries to maintain her own standards and cultured, artistic lifestyle. Determined to teach only the best students and to keep them from the stage until they are ready (which, in her opinion, they never are), Madame focuses her attentions on her newest pupil, a 15-year-old Indian boy, whom she has dreams of making a great virtuoso. [More]

Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Navin Chowdhry

Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Navin Chowdhry, Leigh Lawson

Director: John Schlesinger

Director: John Schlesinger

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Apr 19, 1990

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05/24/03
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It's as affectionate, big-hearted and creaky as any film that ever graced Radio City Music Hall, with leisureliness and dime-store philosophizing to match.

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Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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One of MacLaine's strongest, most colorful roles

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James Sanford
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Kalamazoo Gazette

Enjoyable, well-acted drama.

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Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Philip Martin
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07/26/02
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
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[MacLaine's] funny, clever and wondrous to behold, and she carries Madame Sousatzka to heights that might not readily seem warranted by the script, which is composed of elements that might seem overly familiar.

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Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

As charming and fanciful as it is impossible to pigeonhole.

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An intimate and amusing adaptation of Bernice Rubens' novel.

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Rita Kempley
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An extraordinary movie that loves music and loves the people it is about, and has the patience to do justice to both.

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