Storyline
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
Directors
Cast
Mark Ivanir, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Wallace Shawn, Imogen Poots, Catherine Keener, Ted Hartley, Liraz Charhi, Madhur Jaffrey, Anne Sofie von Otter, Pamela Quinn, Brooklyn Parkinson Group, Cristian Puig, Rebeca Tomas, Megan McQuillan, David Redden, Stephen Payne, Alyssa Lewis, Attacca String Quartet, Luke Fleming, Andrew Yee, Amy Schroeder, Nina Lee
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Reviews
88
A Late Quartet does one of the most interesting things any film can do. It shows how skilled professionals work.
83
Yaron Zilberman's first feature has a solid structure, but as with a piece of music, the way it's played makes all the difference. His principal actors aren't great at faking their instrumental prowess, but they're perfectly in tune with each other, playing artists who've postponed life's decisions in the name of pursuing their craft.
70
Centered around four outstanding performances, Yaron Zilberman's fiction-feature debut feels like the work of a filmmaker who knows and appreciates the art form under scrutiny, laying a credible foundation for a story that lays bare the often melodramatic passions of the artistic soul.
70
A Late Quartet serves as an acting showcase, particularly for Walken and Hoffman, and makes for an interesting study in artistic ego.
63
Playing the cello is such a pleasant change of pace that he (Walken) eventually grows on you, scene by scene, proving for the first time since his role as Leonardo DiCaprio's troubled father 10 years ago in "Catch Me If You Can," that he really can act. He - along with the rest of the elegant cast - keeps A Late Quartet in tune when it threatens to go flat.
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