Evolves into an unforgettably inspirational film filled with joy and disarming honesty.
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07/19/08
Young@Heart (2008)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 76 Fresh: 67 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Consensus:
Full of endearing characters, this doc about a choir of "seniors behaving badly" is uplifting and delightful.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 9, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $3,777,210
Synopsis: As early as autumn 2006, surreal and hilarious video clips of Stephen Walker's documentary (which originally aired on the BBC) were making the rounds on YouTube and in email inboxes all over the U.S.--tantalizing, out-of-context glimpses of the Young@Heart vocal choir, composed of... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Reviews
if you're looking to see a documentary this season about old people singing, the Rolling Stones' "Shine a Light" is not your only option.
06/11/08
A more genuinely sweet and uplifting documentary I have not seen in quite a while.
05/26/08
Top Critic
Whether you know it yet or not, this will be one of your favorite movies of the year.
05/23/08
The soothing, all encompassing power of music and song - its ability to unify, offer pleasure, fulfill the artistic bent, communicate, and much more - is vividly demonstrated in the documentary Young@Heart.
05/22/08
[Y]ou cannot come away from this charming and inspiring documentary... and not vow to never, ever give up on life, or on anything you really want to do, no matter what great age you manage to achieve.
05/20/08
"Young@Heart" plays like a 100-minute version of one of those "on the lighter side" news feature segments that end a local newscast.
05/09/08
Its subjects are so compelling that Young @ Heart becomes a blisteringly funny and deeply moving meditation on music and mortality.
05/09/08
Young@Heart is a classic. May we all live to be so youthful in spirit and soul.
05/08/08
There's something really enjoyable about seeing a group of 70-something, 80-something and 90-something amateurs performing with the energy of people who are half -- or even a quarter -- of their age.
05/08/08
The group's enthusiasm, natural talent and undeniable chutzpah effort-lessly translates to the screen in Stephen Walker's winning new documentary.
05/02/08
A tribute to this nation's elderly, an ode to the power of the arts, and a salute to David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix and the other musicians whose songs have found new rhyme and reason thanks to these geriatric rockers.
04/30/08
Their "specialness" is the hook by which the film extols their representativeness.
04/30/08
An undeniably sweet mix of disarming honesty, inspired gumption and brutal reality, Young@Heart somehow manages to avoid the maudlin while enhancing the obvious with its portrait of a chorus of senior citizens who sing contemporary rock songs.
04/25/08
Top Critic
What makes Young@Heart such an ingratiating experience goes far deeper than the novelty of seeing old people singing hard rock tunes.
04/25/08
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