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Synopsis: French comedy about two spies who infiltrate an opera class in order to surveil a recently widowed woman believed to be in possession of certain uranium secrets.
Cast: Marina Foïs, Lorànt Deutsch, Jeanne Balibar, Julien Baumgartner, Nathalie Richard Director: Ilan Duran Cohen Released: on 01/01/10
The Joy of Singing opened in Chicago to a handful of very good reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "...the goofiest thrill-sex-music-spy movie in many a moon, with a surprising amount of nudity and an even more surprising amount of singing... I'll award a shiny new dime to anyone who watches this film once and can tell me who is doing what and to whom and for what reason. It just doesn't matter." • Jay Weissberg wrote in Daily Variety, "Delightful, funny and refreshingly unpredictable... For a film trading in seemingly cartoonish characters, [director Ilan] Duran Cohen succeeds beautifully in investing his story with multidimensional elements that give depth to his madcap plot..." • Natasha Senjanovic wrote in the Hollywood Reporter, "Just one notch below porn for its sex scenes, the film is as entertaining as it is unabashedly silly... the film never takes itself seriously as the plot gets increasingly more convoluted... and the joy of singing helps everyone discover their true, nutty natures." • And Michael Phillips wrote in the Chicago Tribune, "No one, even its makers, would claim the film works entirely. But its rangy personality offers a marked contrast to the one- or, at best, two-track Hollywood products commonly filling the multiplex.... Whether this film's brand of High Quirk is for you, well, that's for you to find out." More Reviews Below...
The Joy of Singing Positive Reviews (4 Reviews, click on headers for reviews)
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the goofiest thrill-sex-music-spy movie in many a moon, with a surprising amount of nudity and an even more surprising amount of singing... I'll award a shiny new dime to anyone who watches this film once and can tell me who is doing what and to whom and for what reason. It just doesn't matter."(Read the full review...) 536 words, 01/01/10
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS (2 Reviews)
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "No one, even its makers, would claim the film works entirely. But its rangy personality offers a marked contrast to the one- or, at best, two-track Hollywood products commonly filling the multiplex.... Whether this film's brand of High Quirk is for you, well, that's for you to find out."(Read the full review...) 417 words, 01/01/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the goofiest thrill-sex-music-spy movie in many a moon, with a surprising amount of nudity and an even more surprising amount of singing... I'll award a shiny new dime to anyone who watches this film once and can tell me who is doing what and to whom and for what reason. It just doesn't matter."(Read the full review...) 536 words, 01/01/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (0 Reviews)
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HIGHBROW PRESS (0 Reviews)
The Joy of Singing has not been reviewed by Highbrow Press
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Jay Weissberg, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "Delightful, funny and refreshingly unpredictable... For a film trading in seemingly cartoonish characters, [director Ilan] Duran Cohen succeeds beautifully in investing his story with multidimensional elements that give depth to his madcap plot..."(Read the full review...) 642 words, 10/30/08
Natasha Senjanovic, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "Just one notch below porn for its sex scenes, the film is as entertaining as it is unabashedly silly... the film never takes itself seriously as the plot gets increasingly more convoluted... and the joy of singing helps everyone discover their true, nutty natures."(Read the full review...) 255 words, 10/30/08
NY/LA/CHICAGO/TORONTO (2 Reviews)
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "No one, even its makers, would claim the film works entirely. But its rangy personality offers a marked contrast to the one- or, at best, two-track Hollywood products commonly filling the multiplex.... Whether this film's brand of High Quirk is for you, well, that's for you to find out."(Read the full review...) 417 words, 01/01/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the goofiest thrill-sex-music-spy movie in many a moon, with a surprising amount of nudity and an even more surprising amount of singing... I'll award a shiny new dime to anyone who watches this film once and can tell me who is doing what and to whom and for what reason. It just doesn't matter."(Read the full review...) 536 words, 01/01/10
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8.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 17.9pp; <17.9pp = More Consistent; >17.9pp = More Mixed)
The Joy of Singing's reviews are separated by an average 8.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 17.9 percentage points. Less than 17.9 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 17.9 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Joy of Singing (4 reviews, roll over dots for each review)
Coverage:The Joy of Singing's reviews covered 4.3% of potential readers (average is 64.1%). Volume:The film's reviews totaled 1,850 words involume (average is 20,773 words). Length:The film's reviews averaged 462 words in length (the norm is 492 words).
The Joy of Singing Coverage, Volume & Length (4 Reviews, click on headers for reviews)
Reviews Broke 2,056.8 Hours Before Release
(Norm is 17.9H After)
The Joy of Singing's reviews on average broke 2056.8 hours before release. Norm for this measure is 2.2 hours after. The chart below shows the days leading up to and following release; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Joy of Singing's opening day of release. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Joy of Singing (4 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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