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  • 2021
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Millie (Danielle Macdonald), a brilliant young fund manager, quits her job and ends things with her longterm boyfriend in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an opera singer — in the Scottish Highlands. She begins intense vocal training lessons with renowned but fearsome singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop (Jo...

Directed By: Ben Lewin

Written By: Allen Palmer, Ben Lewin

  • 2021
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2021
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Falling for Figaro

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Millie (Danielle Macdonald), a brilliant young fund manager, quits her job and ends things with her longterm boyfriend in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an opera singer — in the Scottish Highlands. She begins intense vocal training lessons with renowned but fearsome singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop (Jo...

Directed By: Ben Lewin

Written By: Allen Palmer, Ben Lewin

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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67% Mixed
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67
Oct 16, 2021
Falling for Figaro is a small story about big dreams that soft-peddles through familiar territory. Figaro can be as fluffy as the fur on a blow-dried angora cat but it scores big on its ready-and willing-to-please charm.
By Thom Ernst FULL REVIEW
63
Oct 16, 2021
It’s a testament to Macdonald and Skinner that they inject chemistry into their characters’ underwritten pairing. Their performances are what make “Falling for Figaro” an entertaining distraction, even as the film plays out exactly as you would expect.
By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 16, 2021
Expect no surprises in Falling for Figaro, a corny, cute-enough carpe diem comedy, in which it’s a lovable ensemble — led by Danielle Macdonald, and spiked by a deliciously imperious Joanna Lumley — that brings the grace notes to a pretty standard-issue script.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 16, 2021
Lewin and co-screenwriter Allen Palmer don’t exactly raise the dramatic stakes very high. The formulaic storyline fails to sustain interest, not helped by the sluggish pacing and predictable gags and characterizations.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 29, 2021
The movie is also notable for featuring not just one but two unconvincing romantic dynamics.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 30, 2021
[A] thoroughly generic and often monotonous romance.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Such Much Films, 5 Name Films, Black Camel Pictures, Southern Light Films, Particular Crowd
Release Date Oct 1, 2021
Duration 1 h 44 m
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Tagline To Find Your Voice, Sing From the Heart
Website https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/falling-for-figaro
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Australian Writers' Guild
• 1 Nomination

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