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Critics Consensus: Boychoir rests heavily -- and not always comfortably -- on the shoulders of Dustin Hoffman, whose typically excellent work isn't always quite enough to compensate for an overly predictable drama.
Critic Consensus: Boychoir rests heavily -- and not always comfortably -- on the shoulders of Dustin Hoffman, whose typically excellent work isn't always quite enough to compensate for an overly predictable drama.
All Critics (41) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (23)
You'll be screeching louder than the kids before the curtain falls.
If it sounds like a Hallmark movie, that's because it is.
There's nothing wrong with being uplifting, but something less predictable would have been refreshing.
An imperious choirmaster (Dustin Hoffman) reluctantly takes a troubled 11-year-old (Garrett Wareing) with the voice of an angel under his wing in this delightful musical drama.
Hoffman, naturally, makes his character interesting in the way that genius actors always do. Yet the film's storytelling struggles to match his level of skill.
I almost half-enjoyed the routine drama Boychoir. But then the closing credits rolled, and so did my eyes.
Their professionalism is palpable, and the young cast, led by Garrett Wareing as Stet, does a good job. None of them, however, can save the movie from its own formulas, which cause it to miss the potential of what it might have been.
Some of the choral singing is wonderful but neither the cliche-laden screenplay nor one or two crucial supporting performances really convince in a film in which Hoffman, as the choirmaster, seems both peripheral and wasted.
The story arc is utterly predictable and its elements seem to have been assembled from a flat pack.
This poor man's Whiplash never quite conveys the depths of its protagonists' struggles.
[Boychoir] isn't quite an 'Inspirational Teacher Drama' (think Dead Poets Society), as it's more interested in family, how we nurture the gifts we're given, and the redemptive power of music.
While occasionally enjoyable this hits too many bum notes.
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