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Avg. Critic Score: 75 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
8 OK for kids 8+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    They also make joyful music, communicated, both by the singers and their playful, sensitive documentarian, with an authority that quite knocks off socks. Read full review

  • 88
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    Vibrant and vivacious documentary. Read full review

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Sloppily made at times and it comes close to wearing out its welcome, but you can't blame Walker for not wanting to let his subjects go. And as the movie progresses, a viewer begins to understand why: These people are literally singing for their lives. Read full review

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A heartening and poignant affirmation of the transformative power of music. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety |

    An irresistibly joyous, tearful and, most importantly, musical doc about a band of senior pop singers whose repertoire includes "Golden Years," "Should I Stay or Should I Go" and "Stayin' Alive." Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The movie offers an encouraging vision of old age in which the depression commonly associated with decrepitude is held at bay by music making, camaraderie and a sense of humor. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Walter Addiego

    A liberating experience. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    One of the most delightful movies to come along this year. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Here are old people in all the magnificence of their elderliness. The movie doesn't pretend like getting old is any fun. But it's about the transcendental power of -- well, yes, music; and each of these folks has a talent whose expression is a fuel to survive. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    This may sound like a suspect enterprise, a musical gimmick impossible to embrace, but the reality is otherwise. For what the members of this uncanny chorus lack in pure ability they make up for in irrepressible spirits and a desire to simply have fun. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 8+ Docu finds fountain of youth through hard rock.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this is a documentary about senior citizens, which might, to teens, sound like a snore. It isn't. The film is alive with music and resilience. But over the course of the movie, two chronically ill members of the chorus die and concerns of geriatric health and impending death are addressed.
  • Families can talk about aging. How do you stay young at heart? To what extent do mental rigor and physical activity play a role? What about community and friendship? Why do you think this group of seniors wanted to be a part of a band like this one?
The good stuff
  • message true4 Positive messages: Reveals the best of humanity and focuses on community, courage, motivation, and the willingness to learn new things at any age.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence and scariness: A mention of the deaths of two chorus members during the course of the documentary.
  • sex false0 Sexy stuff: Not an issue
  • language false2 Language: "Bitch" is said in one song.
  • consumerism false2 Consumerism: Features popular songs from artists like Sonic Youth, The Clash, Talking Heads, Coldplay, James Brown, and others.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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