A Late Quartet (2012)

Mid-Year Oscar Predictions - 2012 (10 movies items)

"Results: NOT nominated for Best Picture ZERO wins Nominated in ZERO categories "

“Since there was a pretty cool cast involved, I was quite eager to check this flick. Furthermore, I really liked this idea of focusing on a classical s”

A good movie

“Since there was a pretty cool cast involved, I was quite eager to check this flick. Furthermore, I really liked this idea of focusing on a classical string quartet, especially successful like the one in this movie. So, first of all, the music was really neat, that's for sure, and, indeed, all the actors involved (Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots) gave some really good performances and it was especially nice to see Walken in something decent for once. Eventually, all the ingredients were there to create a really powerful drama but I'm afraid they took the wrong approach with this really strong material. Indeed, even though you might expect the story to focus on Peter since he is the one that must retire after learning he has Parkinson's” read more