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The Tic Code (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 20  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.6/10
 
Consensus: Though the story is conventional, it's nonetheless sympathetic and credible.
 

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: The Tic Code tells the story of Miles, an extraordinary gifted twelve year-old who lives with his single mother, Laura, and shares a fierce love of jazz with his best friend Todd. Miles is distinguished for his musical brilliance yet also set apart by a neurological disorder. He must cope with... The Tic Code tells the story of Miles, an extraordinary gifted twelve year-old who lives with his single mother, Laura, and shares a fierce love of jazz with his best friend Todd. Miles is distinguished for his musical brilliance yet also set apart by a neurological disorder. He must cope with the teasing and bullying of his classmates, but more importantly with the alienation of his father, a studio musician uncomfortable with his affliction. Sensitive to Miles' need for a father, Laura arranges for Miles to meet his idol, the legendary saxophonist Tyrone Pike. A breathless improvisational meeting between the two forges a friendship. Miles' desire for his mother to share in his new found love for Tyrone leads him into a child's innocent game of matchmaking. Set to the exciting and sensual rhythms of the New York jazz scene, The Tic Code is a riveting, touching and exhilarating story of three people finding themselves by finding each other. -- © 2000 Lions Gate Films [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Gregory Hines, Christopher George Marquette, Polly Draper, Carol Kane, Camryn Manheim

Director: Gary Winick
Producer: Polly Draper, Karen Tangorra, Michael Wolff
Screenwriter: Polly Draper
Composer: Michael Wolff

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 18, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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08/01/03
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Tim Cogshell
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Paula Nechak
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Christopher Null
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Egrossing, entertaining, and thoroughly conventional.

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03/22/01
Jaime N. Christley
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Ultimately, it's Wolff who saves the day by supplying the challenging music that sets the tone for Hines and Marquette's soul-searching.

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A sympathetic but conventional disease-of-the-week movie.

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Amy Taubin
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3/4

If it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.

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Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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What makes the film engaging are the performances ... appealing secondary characters ... and occasional interventions into its soap operatic formula.

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Cynthia Fuchs
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A fairly satisfying small-scale drama with some fine musical sidelights.

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Eric Monder
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For me, it's just a little too restrained, with too many false notes.

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Erik Lundegaard
Seattle Times
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A cut above most.

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Gregory Weinkauf
New Times
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Raising it above the usual clichés are the superb jazz music and a sparkling script by lead actress Polly Draper.

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Hannah Brown
New York Post
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Delightfully unsentimental, yet uplifting, and while spinning its wholly credible tale gives its audience quite a bit of knowledge and understanding about kids, an unusual disease, and the universe of jazz musicians.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
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The Tic Code is the summer's surprise gift, a loving and humane film that rises above the season's overhyped blockbusters like a flower poking up through the concrete.

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01/01/00
Jan Stuart
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It's got more genuine-seeming feelings and a more accurate take on its particular corner of the world than a colosseum of summer blockbusters.

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