The Chorus (Les Choristes)
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Movie Reviews of The Chorus (Les Choristes)
Movie Review: Beautiful and Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't realize until now how much of an impression this film was on the Academy Awards,on people who watched it, and most of all, on myself. As has already been said by thousands of viewers already, this film is about a man who goes into a teaching career after his failure of being a professional musician, not realizing the journey that is yet to come when he learns just as much from these delinquent children as they do from him. Sure, this film doesn't go into unknown territory, there have been plenty of tales about a teacher and bad kids who learn from each other about the beauty and importance of life and learning. But this movie puts a more special, personal, and beautiful touch to the surroundings, the characters, and most of all, the music! The end nearly made me cry. At the end you truly get something valuable from this film. It brings hope to our future generation and to the power that a music education (or any education for that matter), and how one man (or woman) can purvey to the growth of young human minds. This is truly what films of this subject matter should be made of! It's one of the best films that you may ever see, highly recommended.Movie Review: Certainly not Mr Hollands Opus ..... Great great film ...
Summary: 5 Stars
What a fabulous film .. and of course the dark dark nature of the subject it had to be French ... Yes they are so so great at these character studies that allow the filmaker to bring out surprising strengths and weaknesses ......
Just like anoth maybe less know 'noir' films 'The Man on the Train' this film was an absolute pleasure to watch .... and watch it you will ... as Yoda would say ... because the viewer has absolutely NO IDEA as to where the story is going....
No it's not American style like 'School of Rock' where we feel all tingly at the happy happy joy joy epiphany type ending .... this movie stands by itself as a fabulous depiction of life and times in a reformatory school run by people who have more hang ups than hooks in an Ace hardware store .... and have lost their actual humanity quite some time ago ...
So the great thing about this book is also it's weakness ... do NOT expect orchestras and a DVD of wonderful choir singing to equalt the Vianna Boys Choir .. but rather expect a very very poignant story you will stop when you get that beer from the fridge ....
Movie Review: Poignant. Poetic. Sweet. Inspiring.
Summary: 5 Stars
Prisons are filled with people without hope; perhaps especially prisons which house young boys. Devoid of the normal pleasures of life in which boys delight, these ruffians lead desperate, bland, colorless lives of few joys, little change, and little love. Into this drab, dreary, and harsh enviornment arrives our lovable dreamer, Prefect Clement Mathieu.
A frustrated musician/composer, Mathieu has an idea: organize this rag-tag group of troublemakers into a boys choir. Like a wildflower in the field, this group springs into beautiful song and harmonies. It also upsets a few people along the way. No good deed goes unpunished, as Mark Twain said, and this one is no exception.
Mathieu is different than the other prefects and administrator/teachers, he loves the boys and in that lies the difference.
The Chorus is a sweet, gentle, moving film. Everything about it is exceptionaly well done. Remarkable acting, writing, filming, and storytelling make this a film which lingers sweetly in the mind of the viewer, long after the credits have scrolled by.
Movie Review: You'll leave the theater happy.
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not going to explain so much, but I helped in the US Promotion of this film. ^^
I went to the New York screening. I left with my heart feeling light.
This was a fine movie. The determination coming from the main character as well as the suporting actor, Jean Babptiste Maunier (I met him!) show the emotional expressions that give this movie life. The music is okay, though it is a little hard to sing it (French), the simplicity makes the numbers sweet. I have the soundtrack, and boy, the songs are short. During the presentation, I kept on hearing the same tune, whether it be Vois sur ton chemin, or some other song. It got annoying after a while. I would find this an exceptional family film, but there is some objectional content. The cursing, drug use, and sexual references may include things parents don't want others to hear. While watching the film, I didn't understand some things. The audience with me was mostly French, and laughed in parts I didn't find funny. A French thing maybe?
An witty, uplifting experience.
Movie Review: Music is a universal language
Summary: 5 Stars
Admittedly, the plot is one that is all too familiar; a new teacher comes to a school, usually a school filled with difficult students and single-handedly turns their lives around (think Sister Act, Dangerous Minds, etc). I usually avoid these hated-teacher-turns-mentor-to-impossible-kids themed movies. As a general rule, they make me gag.
However, I dont know what happened in " Les Choristes" but the formula works for them, and very well indeed. The plot is highly predictable but charming. Maybe, because the teacher here is more realistic, without the hardknock, street smart wit and comebacks that the other teacher-mentors seem to be naturally gifted with. He is rather goofy and you root for him. Everyone had a teacher that looked like him. The boys really seem like they are singing (though I've heard they are not the real singers) and you are seriously applauding this 'homemade' choir. The soundtrack is stellar (one of my next purchases). Of course, I'm a fan of all things subtitled and this movie is a ray of sunshine.