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MojoMar 7, 2013Truly cinematic and imbued with humour and pathos, popcorn not included. [Apr 2013, p.94]
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MagnetFeb 11, 2013As with all impressive novelty albums, it's hard to imagine getting to a sixth play of these nonetheless flawless interpretations, and even those would mostly be for friends and neighbors. [No. 95, p.54]
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UncutFeb 4, 2013The effect [sung wordlessly, a cappella, with a multi-tracked choir humming the arrangements] is initially comic but soon becomes utterly mesmeric. [Mar 2013, p.72]
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Jan 25, 2013It's another impressive album that shows Haden to be a truly talented singer and vocal arranger, and one that fans of movie music done in a non-traditional fashion should find quite interesting.
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Jan 24, 2013The arrangements are ingenious, emphasizing Ms. Haden's gift for mimesis: she can suggest the swoon of a string section as handily as the blare of a solitary bugle.
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Under The RadarJan 24, 2013Goes To The Movies is an a capella tour de force. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.87]
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Jan 24, 2013For the most part, she chooses her films wisely, picking songs that not only give her a lot to do vocally but also create sonic rhymes across the album.... Compositions with lyrics give her a bit more trouble.
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Jan 24, 2013Petra Goes to the Movies is creative, weird, often wonderful, sometimes irritating, and certainly the work of a terrific and inventive musician.