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  • 2011
  • NeoClassics Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2011
  • NeoClassics Films
  • 1 h 33 m
The Over the Hill Band

Summary Upon the death of her husband, Claire (70) decides to reconnect with her estranged son, down and out R&B musician Sid. She asks him to help her restart the old girl group she used to sing in with two of her friends from the old days. The rebel son is hesitant at first but eventually agrees under one condition: the band has to play HIS mu...

Directed By: Geoffrey Enthoven

Written By: Chris Craps, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

  • 2011
  • NeoClassics Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2011
  • NeoClassics Films
  • 1 h 33 m

The Over the Hill Band

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Upon the death of her husband, Claire (70) decides to reconnect with her estranged son, down and out R&B musician Sid. She asks him to help her restart the old girl group she used to sing in with two of her friends from the old days. The rebel son is hesitant at first but eventually agrees under one condition: the band has to play HIS mu...

Directed By: Geoffrey Enthoven

Written By: Chris Craps, Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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75
Feb 24, 2011
Like Stephen Walker's delicate nonfiction portrait "Young@Heart," it's a genuine heart-tugger about senior citizens rediscovering their youth by singing pop music; like Craig Brewer's crowdpleasing "Hustle & Flow," it sympathizes with a struggling rap artist without glossing over his flaws.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 3, 2011
Despite the silly-sounding premise, it's a wistful, bittersweet meditation on aging and death.
By Kerry Lengel FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 22, 2011
Enthoven and his screenwriters walk a fine line between celebrating the vitality of the elderly and asking us to laugh at their youthful affectations, twice embarrassing his three septuagenarians by forcing them to sing along to Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam."
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50
Feb 25, 2011
It's also sugary and has a silly tear-jerker ending. But I found myself laughing at the film's gentle humor, anyway.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 25, 2011
Calculated Belgian crowd-pleaser.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 24, 2011
This drippy dramedy embraces every inappropriate-oldster cliché with depressing calculation.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company A Private View, Artémis Productions, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance
Release Date Feb 25, 2011
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Tagline It's never too late to dream.
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