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- 2013
- Not Rated
- 1 h 47 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- 1 h 47 m
Summary Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Fallon and others perform in honor of the Wainwrights' mother, Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle.
Directed By: Lian Lunson
- 2013
- Not Rated
- 1 h 47 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- 1 h 47 m
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
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Summary Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Fallon and others perform in honor of the Wainwrights' mother, Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle.
Directed By: Lian Lunson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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If you somehow manage to stay dry-eyed through the concert numbers, the end should set you bawling.
Lian Lunson’s camera allows the music to take center stage via straightforward, graceful compositions—close-ups and medium shots dominate, and edits are kept to a relative minimum—that allow for long, unbroken views of the artists at forceful, mournful work.
As a musical experience, it is generous and moving. But as a documentary, “Sing Me the Songs” is an awkward hybrid of concert film and rock-star biography.
Given that the entire show and film is dedicated to McGarrigle, you wish this exquisitely made, undeniably moving family album featured even more of the singer herself.
There are a handful of moments to entrance a non-fan. When the musicians and singers assemble to sing “Proserpina,” the last song McGarrigle ever wrote, with its haunting refrain (“Come home to Mama”), the effect is transcendent.
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Production Company
Horse Pictures
Release Date Jun 26, 2013
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
