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- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe crowd-pleasing comic Euro-drama The Concert is, at its musical center, as full of ripe emotion as Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. It's also as darkly funny as a Slavic farce, a composition of sweet cacophony.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMoves from rowdy, broad comedy to shameless heart-tugging, but Romanian writer-director Radu Mihaileanu keeps this French production flowing buoyantly, skittering past all manner of improbabilities.
- 70Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorBoxoffice MagazineWade MajorFans of "Train of Life" will undoubtedly embrace the picture's similarly ragtag collection of clever, lovable misfits.
- 65MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeA pleasant dramatic caper that wears out its welcome, The Concert is the houseguest who sings a little too loudly and too long for his supper, tone deaf to the line between charm and imposition.
- 60EmpireEmpireMore sentimental, less spiky than Mihaileanu's stock-in-trade, Le Concert is an enjoyable take on the underdogs genre. And Laurent and the music are sublime.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanHow much control are you willing to cede when you see a movie? Because director Radu Mihaileanu is fiercely determined to manipulate your every emotion.
- 50VarietyVarietyThe story regurgitates the usual trappings of underdog tales, milking stereotypes as well as tear ducts.
- 40Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonBeyond fans of Mélanie Laurent--who furiously fingers a fiddle and wears flashback wigs--The Concert may appeal to those who delight in stereotypes.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearSo it's the story of a down-and-out bigwig vindicating himself by revising his crowning cultural moment. Feel free to draw your own conclusions.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe harder this desperately obsequious circus of a movie tries to entertain, the more it falls short.