CODA

Name: CODA
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: August 13, 2021
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Amy Forsyth, Courtland Jones, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Erica McDermott

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Apple TV+ | Release Date: August 13, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Amy Forsyth, Courtland Jones, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Erica McDermott, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, John Fiore, Kevin Chapman, Lonnie Farmer, Marlee Matlin, Molly Beth Thomas, Owen Burke, Troy Kotsur

Movie Facts:

Winner of Best Picture at the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
Won four awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, including the festival's top award, the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic.

Summary: Gifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, 17-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family — a CODA, which means a Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around serving as an interpreter for her fun-loving but sometimes embarrassing parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’sGifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, 17-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family — a CODA, which means a Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around serving as an interpreter for her fun-loving but sometimes embarrassing parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). With help from her supporting, if tough-loving choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez), Ruby is encouraged to apply to a prestigious music school. However, she finds herself torn between taking care of her family and chasing her dreams.… Expand

Director: Sian Heder

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 111 min

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Ann Hornaday

Aug 10, 2021

You’ll laugh, all right. You’ll cry. You’ll do both at the same time. CODA is just that kind of movie. And thank goodness for it. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jan 30, 2021

Siân Heder, who came up as a writer and story editor on “Orange Is the New Black,” has directed just one previous feature (“Tallulah”), but she’s got the gift — the holy essence of how to shape and craft a drama that spins and burbles and flows. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Aug 13, 2021

CODA is part of that fizzling genre of film, popular in the ’90s, in which you’re almost always on the verge of sobbing while watching it. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Oct 12, 2022

Director Sian Heder had an obvious aesthetic card to play with CODA, and she saves it for just the right moment. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 12, 2021

The template of CODA — the title is also a term used to describe the hearing children of deaf adults — might be wearyingly familiar, but this warmhearted drama from Sian Heder opens up space for concerns that feel fresh. Read full review

The Film Stage Michael Frank

Jan 30, 2021

Coda, even with all of its imperfections, drives home a truckload of emotions in its final act, filled with more silence than noise. Read full review

John Anderson

Aug 12, 2021

Where the Ruby-teacher relationship falters is not the fault of the actors, but the writer. Mr. V is meant to be slightly unreasonable, a hard-liner about Ruby being both serious and on time. But the script takes the very common and dubious tack of not letting the characters simply explain their situations to each other. Read full review

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BlastedBukowski

Feb 24, 2022

Hilarious and emotional. This movie is definitely one of a kind. I'm not sure I've ever seen a movie that tugged at my heartstrings while being so funny.

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saulodourado

Aug 31, 2021

Touching story, very human. It gives the viewers a hint on what being deaf feels like. But, the best parts are when the movie intertwines the "hearing" and the deaf worlds together, creating wonderful emotional moments.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Javiersrate

Aug 13, 2021

That really touched my heart too many times, many laughs too and I cried few times too. I have not laughed this much in a long time because of a movie. And I mean many laughs. The best deaf movie I’ve seen and I’m glad that I able to witness this in my lifetime, yes!

4 of 4 users found this helpful40

LuissDt

Apr 1, 2022

The recent Oscar winner CODA is very good and brings us a touching and slightly fresh story

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alejandro970

Apr 9, 2022

I do not know the French original but it is worth noting that it avoids the resource of moving the viewer with sentimental clichés or morals already seen ad nauseam. The performances and respectful tone to the deaf community are also appreciated. But, did it deserve the award for BestI do not know the French original but it is worth noting that it avoids the resource of moving the viewer with sentimental clichés or morals already seen ad nauseam. The performances and respectful tone to the deaf community are also appreciated. But, did it deserve the award for Best Picture? That is up to everyone's opinion.… Expand

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runjumphug

Mar 23, 2022

CODA is a solid coming of age family drama that you've seen 100 times before. It's cliché and entirely predictable like most feel-good movies. It wouldn't be on my awards list, but I enjoyed it well enough.

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Carlos077

Sep 23, 2021

La verdad es una película que copió literalmente. La familia Belier y estando Derbez su sola precencia hace que la película sea horrenda

2 of 5 users found this helpful23

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