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The Song of Names is made from intriguing ingredients, but they never quite coalesce into a drama that satisfies the way it should.
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A payoff is coming - you know it from the film's opening credits, or its poster - but it takes so long to reveal itself that when it does, it can't help but feel anticlimactic. January 31, 2020 | Rating: C | Full Review…
A payoff is coming - you know it from the film's opening credits, or its poster - but it takes so long to reveal itself that when it does, it can't help but feel anticlimactic.
Adam Graham
Far from heightening the sense of mystery, the flashback construction renders the present-day dramatically inert, giving fine actors little to do save deliver exposition. January 3, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Far from heightening the sense of mystery, the flashback construction renders the present-day dramatically inert, giving fine actors little to do save deliver exposition.
Barbara VanDenburgh
There's a mystery at the heart of "The Song of Names," but it isn't much of a mystery, and once it's solved, the movie loses what little interest it has. December 31, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
There's a mystery at the heart of "The Song of Names," but it isn't much of a mystery, and once it's solved, the movie loses what little interest it has.
Mick LaSalle
Is a mediocre film worth seeing for a single magnificent sequence that only works properly in context? Here's the test case. December 26, 2019 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Is a mediocre film worth seeing for a single magnificent sequence that only works properly in context? Here's the test case.
Mike D'Angelo
Literate, sober, soulful. December 25, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Literate, sober, soulful.
Glenn Kenny
The movie never quite justifies the contrivance of its puzzle-box construction. Parlaying this material into an arty whodunit cheapens the real history invoked. December 24, 2019 | Full Review…
The movie never quite justifies the contrivance of its puzzle-box construction. Parlaying this material into an arty whodunit cheapens the real history invoked.
Ben Kenigsberg
The Song of Names adds to a musical vocation, but unfortunately it is out of tune.[Full Review in Spanish March 14, 2020 | Full Review…
The Song of Names adds to a musical vocation, but unfortunately it is out of tune.[Full Review in Spanish
Elsa Fernández-Santos
A wonderful metaphor about collective memory. [Full Review in Spanish] March 13, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A wonderful metaphor about collective memory. [Full Review in Spanish]
Beatriz Martínez
The film is a pleasure for the ears. [Full review in Spanish] March 10, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film is a pleasure for the ears. [Full review in Spanish]
Janire Zurbano
The explanation of what the title (Song of Names) really means should have been a climax for this script, but it is a prelude to the final act that is unsatisfying; much like the whole film. February 28, 2020 | Full Review…
The explanation of what the title (Song of Names) really means should have been a climax for this script, but it is a prelude to the final act that is unsatisfying; much like the whole film.
Linda and Al Lerner
Despite solid performances and a top-notch classical score, the intrigue remains mild as the film mostly settles for sentimentality. February 14, 2020 | Full Review…
Despite solid performances and a top-notch classical score, the intrigue remains mild as the film mostly settles for sentimentality.
Todd Jorgenson
. . . a somber drama that waits so long to deliver its heartfelt gut-punch perhaps a viewer's patience might be worn totally away by then. February 8, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
. . . a somber drama that waits so long to deliver its heartfelt gut-punch perhaps a viewer's patience might be worn totally away by then.
John Urbancich
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