Mrs. Carey's Concert Reviews
Cinema Autopsy
Mrs Carey's Concert delivers an emotionally charged and satisfying experience.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
The Mercury
The only thing more beautiful than the music is seeing those simple, subtle moments that nobody could possibly script.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Eye for Film
Connolly and Raymond capture both the pressure and joy of practice and performance and include plenty of footage of the teenagers simply going about the process of growing up and learning to work together.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
sbs.com.au
Doco shows how music can transform troubled kids.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Moviedex
The tireless Carey makes for a deserving subject in this witty, warming and rousing documentary about a school's duty to inspire students to achieve greatness.
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| Original Score: 4/5
ABC Radio Brisbane
The most impressive feature of this documentary is the breadth of material it covers in its 95 minute running time.
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| Original Score: B+
Quickflix
Connolly and Raymond find the right balance in explaining why music affects us through the lives of these characters ... and also picking the right moments, particularly in the shivers-up-your-spine finale, to sit back and let the music speak for itself.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Urban Cinefile
The passion that music teacher Karen Carey feels for her music is contagious in this rousing and inspiring documentary in which all 1200 students are required to participate in a classical concert at the Sydney Opera House
