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  • 2011
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2011
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Based on a case study by Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings), and featuring music from Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Grateful Dead, The Music Never Stopped chronicles the heartwarming journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s....

Directed By: Jim Kohlberg

Written By: Gwyn Lurie, Gary Marks, Oliver Sacks

  • 2011
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2011
  • PG
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 45 m

The Music Never Stopped

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary Based on a case study by Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings), and featuring music from Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Grateful Dead, The Music Never Stopped chronicles the heartwarming journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities through the music that embodied the generation gap of the 1960s....

Directed By: Jim Kohlberg

Written By: Gwyn Lurie, Gary Marks, Oliver Sacks

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Metascore
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46% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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83
Mar 17, 2011
The film emerges as a powerful, even shattering look as music's power to unite where it once divided.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 18, 2011
Unpretentious and unexpectedly moving.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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70
Mar 15, 2011
The novel premise and otherwise nuanced performances are enough to hold attention.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 18, 2011
Often static and follows a familiar trajectory. Yet it has power, partly because Simmons does a fine job of showing how hurt Henry is that his taste didn't imprint on Gabe beyond grade school; what was their music became, simply, dad's music.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 31, 2011
The true wonder of this low-budget movie, however, is its acquisition of the rights to so much of the previously mentioned music. It's almost exclusively Dylan and the Dead, but damned if you won't be stopping for some Cherry Garcia ice cream on the way home.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 15, 2011
The Music Never Stopped isn't exactly good, but it's definitely better than you fear it is when you reach the halfway mark.
By Ray Greene FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 15, 2011
These kinds of disease-fueled dramas already tend to be soap-operatic, but Kohlberg isn't taking any chances; by the time father and son end up at a Dead show in matching tie-dyed outfits, the director has aggressively, insistently overplayed audience heartstrings like Jerry Garcia in a long-winded solo.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Essential Pictures, Mr. Tamborine Man
Release Date Mar 18, 2011
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating PG
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Website http://themusicneverstopped-movie.com/
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Awards

Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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