Music Box

Music Box (1989)

  • 69% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 74% of users liked it
    (2,698 ratings)

Jessica Lange plays an attorney whose affable Hungarian-immigrant father Armin Mueller-Stahl is arrested. He is threatened with deportation for lying about his activities during World War II; part of the charge is that Mueller-Stahl was a Nazi collaborationist, guilty of wartime atrocities.… More

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PG-13, 2 hr. 6 min.
Directed By
Costa-Gavras
Written By
Joe Eszterhas
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense
On DVD
May 20, 2003
TriStar Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    ...a stand-alone example of a full-bodied courtroom drama.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Failed to be affecting.

  • Dan Callahan, ToxicUniverse.com

    Jessica Lange's performance is the only thing Music Box has going for it.

  • Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews

    The script by Hollywood's controversial writer Joe Eszterhas is strictly edge of the seat material.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    Not sure how I came across this movie to put on my list but I am glad I did/ Armin Muller-Stahl plays as usual an excellent part of a father who is accused of WWII war crimes. Living in the United Sates he is faced with being sent back to Hungary. Jessica Lange plays the daughter who… More

  • Ross C


    Yet another boring 80s courtroom drama with wooden acting, which fails to make me care about the characters or bring any suspense to the case.

  • jay n


    a little slow moving but fine acting and a good story make it worthwhile.

  • Leo L


    Good movie.

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