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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 01 Feb 2013

More seriously -- and substantively -- A Late Quartet was a quiet but thoughtful meditation on the power, and the necessary pain, of human…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 30 Jan 2013

It's a celebration of great old actors set in a world of once-great singers, and Hoffman's affection for them and the material shows in every frame…

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By Sarah Bryan Miller (10) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 25 Jan 2013

They have the perfect supporting cast, made up of a group of exceptional real-life musicians: retired members of orchestras and opera companies,…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 24 Jan 2013

Hoffman wisely gives his actors plenty of room to maneuver, and that they do. It's surprisingly fun to watch them play against each other…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Jan 2013

Smoothly navigating the perilous line between insufferably twee and heartbreakingly grim, Quartet is a subtle, sure-footed delight…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 24 Jan 2013

Quartet is endearing, sometimes even irresistible…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 24 Jan 2013

Quartet is buoyed by the Scottish charm of Billy Connolly, as a lovable flirt and extrovert - he is a delight and also a locus of truth in…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 24 Jan 2013

Despite all this hokum, Quartet is amusing and heartwarming…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 24 Jan 2013

And that, in the end, is what Quartet is about: determined engagement, embracing music and theater and the arts, and embracing the friends…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 24 Jan 2013

Hoffman and Harwood aren't afraid to show us old people who are rude, demanding, unreasonable and foolish, though the final overall mood remains…

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By Louis Black (103) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 24 Jan 2013

Charming, funny, and sentimental, the film is exactly what you expect it to be, but very satisfying in achieving that goal…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 24 Jan 2013

Quartet is a sweet-tempered, rather fuddly drama about retired opera singers, and compared to a slick crowd-pleaser like Best Exotic Marigold…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 24 Jan 2013

The material settles for amiably familiar observations about the difficulties of growing old and the glories of being surrounded by beautiful music…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Jan 2013

This movie will no doubt be pitched to the same audiences that loved The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It even brings Maggie Smith along…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 17 Jan 2013

Essentially Masterpiece Theatre comfort food, a chance to watch fine actors act without too many complications…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon (312) on 11 Jan 2013

This is a lovely film directed with delicacy and taste, profoundly alive to the rhythms of its actors and characters, which gives its superlative…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Jan 2013

What gives the movie its poignancy – what turns it into something more than a polite entertainment – is Smith's role…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Jan 2013

The line between honey and syrup is a fine one, I'll grant you, but Best Exotic Marigold was on the wrong side of it…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 10 Jan 2013

The actors are world-class charmers, and the magnificent Dame Maggie is the diva divine. Her wit still stings, as it does on Downton Abbey…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 10 Jan 2013

There's little in the basic narrative to grasp and hold the viewer's attention, but the way the lines are delivered and the charisma of the…

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