Come from Away

Name: Come from Away
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Musical
Released: September 10, 2021
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Astrid Van Wieren, Caesar Samayoa, De'Lon Grant, Emily Walton, Jenn Colella

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Apple TV+ | Release Date (Streaming): September 10, 2021 | TV-14

Starring: Astrid Van Wieren, Caesar Samayoa, De'Lon Grant, Emily Walton, Jenn Colella, Jim Walton, Joel Hatch, Petrina Bromley, Q. Smith, Tony LePage

Summary: 7,000 passengers are stranded after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a small town in Newfoundland, where they were housed and welcomed. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.

Director: Christopher Ashley

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Musical

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 106 min

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Brian Lowry

Sep 9, 2021

Much like "Hamilton" on Disney+,Come From Away delivers a best-seat-in-the-house view, offering a moving, brilliantly shot and staged spectacle that brings that moment unerringly back to life. Read full review

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Lily Janiak

Sep 7, 2021

To see Come From Away onscreen now — directed by Christopher Ashley, who won a Tony Award for his Broadway direction of the show — is to see a path to mercy and compassion off in the distance and wonder if we can still get there — or if it’s too late for us. Read full review

Amy Amatangelo

Sep 7, 2021

Beauty from tragedy is the foundation of Come From Away. An enduring message for us all. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Sep 9, 2021

There are, of course, countless prisms through which to examine the events of 9/11 and their lingering impact, but Come From Away offers one that is stirring and funny, moving but never mawkish. It’s a story that provides hope without turning its eyes from despair. Read full review

Charles McNulty

Sep 9, 2021

It turns out that the screen provides a surprisingly hospitable frame for a musical that is quite purely and unabashedly — at times even downright earnestly — a work of theater. Read full review

Don Aucoin

Sep 9, 2021

All drama asks you to suspend disbelief, but Come From Away asks you also to suspend cynicism, aiming to move and uplift you. It’s not a bad bargain, and Come From Away holds up its end. Read full review

Elisabeth Vincentelli

Sep 10, 2021

This amiable production’s temperature never rises above lukewarm: good sentiments are, unfortunately, difficult to dramatize, an issue compounded by a score that can feel like aural wallpaper. Read full review

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emkadv

Jan 27, 2022

One of the best Broadway musicals ever. Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Watching Come from Away can restore your faith in humanity. I've seen it on stage twice, once on Broadway, and this filmed version captures all the emotions of the live experience.

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DawdlingPoet

Aug 10, 2022

This is a musical that tells a very interesting story about what happened to numerous flights worth of passengers that were forced to land in a previously little known Canadian town/area called Gander in Newfoundland.

I certainly admire the locals who found themselves with literallyThis is a musical that tells a very interesting story about what happened to numerous flights worth of passengers that were forced to land in a previously little known Canadian town/area called Gander in Newfoundland.

I certainly admire the locals who found themselves with literally thousands of people suddenly descending on their community, unsure how long they'd be forced to stay and unaware of precisely what had happened on that fateful day of 9/11 (2001). I'd actually heard a little about the story when it was discussed on the Jeremy Vine show on the radio many months ago and it interested me then, so I made a point of watching the musical film version when I got access to Apple+. This is very much like Hamilton - its a recording of a broadway show, its not a film adaptation of a musical or a musical film like 'La La Land' - its a case of watching the theatrical production from the audience's perspective pretty much (though we don't actually see the audience).

Needless to say, if you don't like musicals then this won't be for you. It's a serious story and I suppose it could seem a bit weird to have it told in a upbeat sort of a way but there again, to be able to tell such a story with a positive angle to it, well to be able to talk about any event relating to 9/11 in a semi-positive way has to be a pretty big achievement. I quite liked how certain passengers were focussed on at times, how they got on with each other and tried to raise their spirits etc. Its a compelling story certainly, yes and I'd say if your interested in this then yes, I'd recommend it.… Expand

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Ashd

Sep 12, 2021

It was like the writers of corner gas wrote a musical and lost all sense of subtlety. Chock full of cliches to keep your grandma laughing. I’m mad I watched this sentimental dreck.

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