Featured Audience Ratings

• Fernando Rafael Q

  
  Undeniably good-looking, at times funny, always loud and very (and I mean very) over-the-top. Valeri Barinov, Anna Kamenkova and Dimitry Nazarov are the standouts among the cast. Sadly, this film disappoints terribly. It's incoherent, it's oh-so-melodramatic, it has plot… More
  Undeniably good-looking, at times funny, always loud and very (and I mean very) over-the-top. Valeri Barinov, Anna Kamenkova and Dimitry Nazarov are the standouts among the cast. Sadly, this film disappoints terribly. It's incoherent, it's oh-so-melodramatic, it has plot holes the size of the Eiffel Tower and it relies heavily on Aleksey Guskov's performance, which is pretty damn bad. Basically, it starts off great but, halfway, it starts to go downhill at an alarming pace.

• Walter M

  
  "The Concert" starts with another good reason for cell phones being banned as Andrey's(Aleksey Guskov) goes off, interrupting the rehearsal of the prestigious Bolshoi Orchestra. In revenge for his being prohibited from rehearsals, Andrey, a lowly janitor, intercepts a… More
  "The Concert" starts with another good reason for cell phones being banned as Andrey's(Aleksey Guskov) goes off, interrupting the rehearsal of the prestigious Bolshoi Orchestra. In revenge for his being prohibited from rehearsals, Andrey, a lowly janitor, intercepts a fax meant for management from the Chatelet Theatre in Paris seeking a replacement for the Los Angeles Philharmonic who had to cancel due to the Stanley Cup Finals.(Go Kings!) Once a famed maestro, Andrey puts together a plan to substitute his own orchestra, using musicians once banned by the Party and ironically employing Gavrilov(Valeriy Barinov), his former nemesis, as his go-to guy. At firs,t things go well, as they get Anne-Marie Jacquet(Melanie Laurent) to be their soloist over the objections of Guylene(Miou Miou), her agent. But everything else had better go as planned or Irina(Anna Kamenkova Pavlova), Andrey's wife, will show Gavrilov a thing or two the KGB never dreamed of. One of the earliest and most common plots involves putting on a show, especially if it involves huge odds. That's certainly true with "The Concert" but it is interested less in overcoming the obstacles(it would have been nice to have seen more of the musicians' adventures in Paris), than in some of the crimes committed by the government of the Soviet Union. So, it is kind of weird that twenty years after a change of management in Russia, that none of the musicians have been properly rehabilitated. Whether that's the fault of the film or the country, it is hard to say, even if there are some details here about modern day Russia. After all of the confusion and contrivances, there is an ending and with it a glorious climax, existing simultaneously in the past, present and future.

• Daisy M

  
  Le Concert, a French/Russian movie, had everything, great music,good script, and some of the best performances was put here on screen. Le Concert was a movie, that reached all levels, entertaining, funny, dramatic, and also allowed the viewer to see inside the character's hearts… More
  Le Concert, a French/Russian movie, had everything, great music,good script, and some of the best performances was put here on screen. Le Concert was a movie, that reached all levels, entertaining, funny, dramatic, and also allowed the viewer to see inside the character's hearts and souls. It managed to show one of the most intense and emotional musical climax in movies .In the end, it was the music that conquer and free the main character from his demons, and allowed him to reach for the stars and fulfilled his dreams. Director Mihaileanu put plenty of laughs into the plot and his marvelous direction kept things moving with a nice pace. Most of the band musicians came in as stereotypes, but that was just the funny part.I must say that Le Concert was an uplifting and very enjoyable movie.

• Kyle S

  
  Radu Mihaileanu's third film is a very touching and beautiful little gem. Melanie Laurent is also one of the most beautiful women in my eyes, and I really like her as an actress. Newcomers Aleksey Guskov, Dmitri Nazarov, and Valeriy Barinov all delivered exceptional performances.… More
  Radu Mihaileanu's third film is a very touching and beautiful little gem. Melanie Laurent is also one of the most beautiful women in my eyes, and I really like her as an actress. Newcomers Aleksey Guskov, Dmitri Nazarov, and Valeriy Barinov all delivered exceptional performances. Famous French stars Francois Berleand and Miou Miou also star, alongside Lionel Abelanski, the main protagonist of Mihaileanu's first feature, "Train of Life." Don't miss this touching, musically themed bilingual French/Russian film.