Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie
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75 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Through the rhythms of Evelyn Glennie we touch the sound – we feel the beat of the universe. Thomas Riedelsheimer takes us on an expedition with Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie into the center of the sound world – a journey involving each of our senses. See, Feel, Embrace the sound. Ev. Evelyn’s postcards from her journey across the world feed into the creation of music from the interior of one of the most unique perspectives of sound and image on the planet. (Shadow Distribution)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    A potent and imaginative creative biography of virtuoso percussionist Glennie.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    80
    Innovative sounds and striking visuals combine to form an exquisite cinematic work.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    80
    Touch the Sound is at least as inspiring and in some ways more rewarding, thought-provoking and subtly visceral.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tim Page
    60
    Unfortunately, a good deal of Touch the Music"is devoted to vacuous interviews with Glennie, who seems positively incapable of saying anything substantial. Nor is most of the music very good.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. JulioP.
    10
    At three-quarters of the way through the film I felt such an ecstasy as to make any kind of drug-induced euphoria seem trivial. This is the greatest kind of movie -- the kind that speaks to us on every level.… Expand
  2. JamesN.
    10
    Fascinating music--fine photography and editing--an inspiration (especially to anyone with a disability)!!!
  3. KoltonV.
    5
    The movie put me to sleep and were it not for a school project I'd have turned it off in the first 30 minutes. I loved the idea but the director reminded me of a child with ADD uncertain of what he wanted and always demanding it.… Expand
  4. SteveF.
    4
    She's deaf? I've worked w/ hundreds of deaf people, from hard of hearing to deaf as a fence post and - w/o exception - they have all had ''the deaf accent'' to one degree or another. I found it very distracting & a serious strain on her credibility every time she spoke (which was often & at length) w/o a trace of the deaf accent. If indeed she is ''profoundly deaf'', as so described several times, then her extraordinary, super-human, unparalleled command of every nuance of a language she cannot hear is a far more interesting story than the one told. Given the credibility issues, I found it increasingly difficult to finish watching.… Expand

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