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Looking For An Echo
Regent Entertainment

Looking For An Echo reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 38 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.8 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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based on 12 votes
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MPAA RATING: R for language

Starring Armand Assante, Diane Venora, Joe Grifasi, and Tom Mason

Chronicles two old pals in middle age as they look back to when they were teenage musical stars. Vinnie (Assante), a well-to-do bartender is a widower with three children, the youngest suffering from lukemia. Vinnie proposes marriage to his daughter's nurse (Venora) and starts a new life.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Jeffrey Goldenberg
Robert Held
Martin Davidson
 
DIRECTED BY: Martin Davidson  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: April 23, 2002 
Video: April 23, 2002 
Theatrical: November 10, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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70
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The film's locales have an appealing authentic feel to them, and everything from decor to music contributes to making Looking for an Echo an appealing heart-tugger.
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63
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The best performance comes from Venora.
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50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Well-meant but rambling little indie melodrama.
40
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
A slow-moving, dramatically slack film.
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40
LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Assante, restrained and thoughtful, reveals Vinnie's midlife bewilderment as much as his bred-in machismo. His performance is too delicate, though, to stand up to the rigidly formulaic schemes
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30
Village Voice Alexander Clare
The stream of sentimentality is endless and often sickly, and the warm afterglow is decidedly manufactured.
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20
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Corny, suds-drenched movie. The kindest way of looking at this roughly patched-together story is as the cinematic equivalent of the music it memorializes.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Angie L. gave it a 10:
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. It makes me laugh and cry, and especially REMEMBER my youth. How can I buy a VHS of this movie? [Ed: Click on the shopping link at the top of the page and purchase away!]

Barbara S. gave it a 10:
I loved all the great oldies music from th 50's & 60's. I want to see it again because I missed the beginning!

Al P. gave it a 9:
Having lived through and been part of the period and activities portrayed in the movie, I found it accurate, believable and very entertaining. The music is great. I bought the soundtrack! Well done.

Frederick L. gave it a 10:
"Gone from the charts, but not from our hearts" Watching this film was like being in a giant jukebox! - A Gem -

Dennis D. gave it a 9:
Finally some people that are not writing for a publication that caters to immature audiances who are only satisfied with speacial effects produced by 28 year old screen writters. A wonderful film bringing back lots of memories. Kudos Great Music and a Great Cast!

Ellen H. gave it a 10:
Sure its sappy, but I loved it. But then again Im still stuck in the 50's-60's era, and Im a fan of Joey Dee & the Starlighters! I give it a 10!

Kim gave it a 10:
This is an excellent movie! I loved every minute of it - the music, the acting, the story, everything, well, except for some of the language.

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