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 Disease, in fact, the movie focused more on the other players with their own little personal dramas. I mean, the actors were really strong so it's still worked but I wish we could spend more time with Peter who was, in my opinion, the most interesting character. I mean, at the end, he gave this farewall speech to his audience which was really powerful and that had much more impact then what the other characters wen through during the whole thing. Anyway, even though it wasn't really amazing, it was still a decent drama and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10