Review of Quartet (2012) by Marcdoyle — 13 Jan 2013

Maggie Smith and Billy Connolly are excellent, but the film as a whole is a bit shallow for me. It's a pleasant diversion, but not something that I'll remember come the end of the year. It scratches the surface of some interesting issues - professional life's demands vs.

personal life, marriage / infidelity, the fact that growing old isn't for sissies. I just think that a film like Marigold Hotel nailed this sort of thing in a more complete and satisfying way, and Amour was such a searing illustration of growing old in a marriage, that this film, unfortunately, suffers by comparison.