A Late Quartet

Filmen markerar också en av de sista rollgestaltningarna av Philip Seymour Hoffman. Här som en lite missförstådd, kärlekskrank man som tröttnat på att spela andra fiolen.

...a pleasure to watch the two of them as a long-married couple, peeling back the layers of pain and love, trying to discover what, if anything, still binds them together.

Measured performances from the seasoned cast balance out a script that errs towards the melodramatic. Hours sweating over those instruments pay dividends too.

...a heartfelt, intelligent, unassumingly well-constructed picture about a musician who has been diagnosed in the early stages of Parkinson's.

...does one of the most interesting things any film can do. It shows how skilled professionals work.