The Guitar

The Guitar (2007)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (962 ratings)

A doomed woman discovers her creative spirit during a final fling with life in this independent drama. Melody Wilder (Saffron Burrows) is already having a bad day when she visits her doctor about a troubling lump in her throat -- her boyfriend has left her, and she's lost her job. However, this news… More

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Amy Redford
Written By
Amos Poe
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Nov 7, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Feb 10, 2009
Lightning Media

Critic Reviews

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    The Guitar is a lark, at best, but when Burrows' healing indulgence extends to taking on lovers of both sexes, its goofiness acquires a certain hedonistic charm.

  • Lou Lumenick, New York Post

    [A] bizarre art-house equiva lent of The Bucket Lisy.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    That the movie is easy on the eyes (Melody's fetching silhouette against those sunset river views) doesn't make it any less bogus.

  • Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

    Some new directors often opt for minimalism in the hope that less is more. This doesn't work for Amy Redford (Robert's daughter), who transitions from actress to filmmaker with The Guitar.

  • Rex Reed, New York Observer

    Written by Amos Poe and directed with moxie by Amy Redford, it's the ultimate movie about optimism.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    Well, here ya go. This would be me in a nut shell if I found out that I only had 30-60 days left to live.....that is, if I didn't have kids and a husband that would have to inherit my debt. This girl totally decided to live out her dream before it was too late. I can't even… More

  • Red L


    What would you do if on the same day you get laid off, your boyfriend decides to dump you and you are told you have cancer and only a month or two to live? This movie presents one response. Makes you think.

  • Lewis C


    I thought that The Guitar was a pretty swell movie. I usually hate movies about people who suddenly find out that they're dying, and then finally start to live their lives when their lives are about to be taken from them. But The Guitar handles this kind of a story in an organic,… More

  • Walter M


    "The Guitar" starts with Melody Wilder(Saffron Burrows) being diagnosed with inoperable cancer by her doctor(Janeane Garofalo) and given probably a month to live. To add insult to a terminal diagnosis, she is laid off and dumped by her boyfriend(Reg Rogers) in quick… More

  • Ed Fucking H


    I don't know what this movie was trying to prove, except maybe that ownership of material things is the answer to all lifes problems. Sentimental bullshit. Even a lesbian scene with Paz de la Huerta can't save this corny abomination. Sucks. That is all.

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