
Salon
I am autistic and a fan of Sia's songs. As I watched her feature directorial debut "Music," I felt overwhelmed with emotions . . . none of them good.
Full reviewZu (Kate Hudson), a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her teenage half-sister, Music (Maddie Ziegler) in this musical drama co-written and directed by singer-songwriter Sia.
I am autistic and a fan of Sia's songs. As I watched her feature directorial debut "Music," I felt overwhelmed with emotions . . . none of them good.
Full reviewThis is a bizarre movie, one that parades confused ideas about care, fantasy and disability with a pride that reads as vanity.
Full reviewA sentimental atrocity so cringe-inducing it should come with an advisory warning for anyone with pre-existing shoulder or back injuries.
Full reviewKate Hudson's excellent performance as a recovering alcoholic goes a good way toward grounding a bifurcated movie musical that doesn't have its treatment of autism as its only problem.
Full reviewIf not for its game ensemble cast and a few memorable moments (including a cameo by Juliette Lewis), it should be counted as a disaster.
Full review[Ziegler's] distracting performance feels ill-judged at best, and lacks the support of a credible, nuanced drama to help it resonate.
Full reviewMay lack the sickening nightmare quality of Tom Hooper’s screen version of Cats – apparently set in some version of hell – it’s scarcely less of a baffling fiasco, and may inspire a similar cult of ironic enthusiasts who return repeatedly to gawk at the wreckage.
Full reviewThe equivalent to a pop-up bar furnished with hastily assembled knick-knacks from the 1990s, in desperate hope we might assume the randomness was somehow by design. Utterly consistent, however, is the commitment to cloying whimsy.
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