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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
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  1. LauraL.
    Oct 30, 2007
    10
    I love this film!! My friends loved it too! It is a movie with heart and honesty! Thank you!
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  2. ChadS.
    Apr 9, 2008
    5
    Next to a guy with cerebral palsy, being deaf looks like a picnic. What if Art(Michael Sheen) met Ron Livingston(Richard Pimentel) instead of the other way around? With Art, front and center, "Music Within" would find something more pressing to dramatize than Richard's problems with women. Richard explains to Christine(Melissa George), in so many words, that his activist work is so much bigger than her protestations of feeling neglected. She's no Betty Shabazz, this one. By showing us how Richard Pimentel's fight for the rights of disabled Americans took a toll on his personal life, the filmmaker makes the same mistake as Christine. A wheelchair ramp, and getting a fair shake for jobs, just might be on the same level as women and blacks having the right to vote, so it just might be a little ungracious of "Music Within" to show how Richard suffered for the "little people"(not dwarfs, but people who have(had) no voice). A deaf person can read lips. You can't hide cerebral palsy. To see the trials and tribulations of a man like Art would really drive home the importance of the American Disabilities Act.… Expand
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  3. MortenF.
    Apr 11, 2008
    6
    Another movie u see and then say ok, nothing special okies movie.
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  4. JayH.
    Apr 2, 2008
    4
    I was not at all convinced by this movie, it all seemed very phony and so trite. The period detail is atrocious. You can't just throw in a 60's and 70's soundtrack. The characters never aged, just their hairstyles changed. The actors try, but it's hopeless with the script. Sloppily made, not enough thought was put into it and it has many loose ends, plot holes and guffaws.
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Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    60
    Sheen, like the movie itself, is trying too hard to inspire when the story doesn't need the help.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    70
    Helmed by Steve Sawalich, this real-life dramedy is anchored by Michael Sheen's captivating performance as the severely handicapped, profoundly acerbic Art Honeyman.
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Jessica Reaves
    63
    Starts strong but eventually collapses under its weighty sense of responsibility.
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