Epinions Recent Reviews for mvie mu-1102054

mvie mu-1102054: "When the Mountains Cry"..........Songcatcher, Love Songs

Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:54:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author 4paws - While browsing through my local library recently, I ran across a DVD of a movie I did not remember seeing. I was intrigued first because Aidan Quinn was in the movie and second, because of the “blip” on the back that described it as “…It...

mvie mu-1102054: Gorillas In Our Midst . . . With Music!

Wed, 26 May 2004 15:09:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author wlswarts - "Songcatcher" is one of those movies that has an interesting idea that is almost impossible to execute on film. This is a problem a lot of movies have; they have an idea that will take roughly a minute and a half to show and they build a ninety minute...

mvie mu-1102054: Great movie, I recomend it to everyone.

Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:58:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movie_addict_0 - The thing that got me to see this movie is that my grandpa grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, where this movie took place. I wasn't expecting to fall face first in love with it as I did. My grandpa had just recently died when I saw it. He always...

mvie mu-1102054: Songcatcher - a mountain girl tells you what she thinks about this movie

Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:56:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author CyndiA - An Appalachian movie showcasing a “songcatcher” is akin to putting together a movie heralding the revenuers (the law men who busted up the stills and sent the moonshiners to the slammer). You would not find many mountain men and women ready to...

mvie mu-1102054: Songcatcher: Boring Fodder For The Salted Slug Set

Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:53:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Horswispr - I used to have this girlfriend once. She never shaved her legs, and read authors I'd never heard of like Susan Faludi and Andrea Dworkin. She took a "Model Mugging" class, which was basically a class about how to beat up guys, and told me about it every...

mvie mu-1102054: Just Get the Soundtrack

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 00:12:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Darkmistress - Oh dear. I hate swimming against the current. But if I hate it so much, why do I keep doing it.

I convinced my husband to rent Songcatcher because I had read a review of it here and it looked good. Plus he’s gotten into hillbilly music of late...

mvie mu-1102054: Songcatcher - Could Have Used Some Fine-Tuning

Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:39:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Petra - Songcatcher focuses on Lilly Penleric, (Janet McTeer) a musicologist in early 1900. Unjustly passed up for a promotion to professor she quits her job and leaves for the mountains of Appalachia to live with her sister who runs a small mountain school...

mvie mu-1102054: Mountain Songbook

Sun, 10 Feb 2002 13:01:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author skbreese - Set in the early 1900's Songcatcher, is a captivating period piece that embodies both the finest and most troubling aspects of life in the Appalachian region. More than just a chronicle of the discovery of the tradition rich ballads and...

mvie mu-1102054: Why Wasn't this Film Marketed?? A Jewel!!

Sun, 6 Jan 2002 01:34:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mummachick - I had never heard of this splendid movie. It was one of those fluke rentals when nothing else looked good. And my, oh my was I stunned,

First, the music - here is the finest movie I have ever seen to promote and glorify the music of...

mvie mu-1102054: O, Brother, Watch Songcatcher, Too.

Sun, 18 Nov 2001 08:24:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pach1908 - It is even more vital to discuss the music of Songcatcher that even the music of O Brother, Where Art Thou. Songcatcher's story is about a Briish woman, played by Tumbleweed's Janet McTeer, in post Spanish/American war America, transplanted to the New...

mvie mu-1102054: Something different for a change!

Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:57:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Quint41 - One of the things I liked best about Songcatcher is that it is different! When's the last time you saw a movie that revolves around the British origins of American folk music?!

The story can be predictable at times, other times you'll find...

mvie mu-1102054: "Music of the Appalachian Mountains"

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 13:43:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author SusanGranger - In the midst of this summer's fare of dinos revisited and romantic fiascoes, there are a few thoughtful movies - and this Appalachian period drama is one. Oscar nominee Janet McTeer ("Tumbleweeds") stars as Dr. Lily Penleric, an accomplished...

mvie mu-1102054: Be vewy, vewy quiet... I'm hunting songs

Fri, 20 Jul 2001 19:35:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Tibullus - I must admit that I had no idea what I was getting into when I agreed to go to this film. The person who suggested it mumbled something about a person going into the mountains to collect songs, and I automatically made the jump to a documentary. It...

mvie mu-1102054: The Lara Croft Stereotype Gets Killed Softly in Songcatcher.

Fri, 13 Jul 2001 06:15:40 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author vaporwareinc - Art and music inhabit some mysterious realm that as a writer, I can't begin to fathom but as a critic I can certainly appreciate. Songcatcher, written and directed by Maggie Greenwald - a Sundance alum better known for The Ballad of Little Jo and the...

mvie mu-1102054: The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:33:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sussmanbern - SONGCATCHER scarcely appeared in theatres back in 1999. I saw it at a special screening in June 2001, and it's a great pity that it hasn't gotten more exposure. This is terrific movie.

Back around 1910, a college professor of...

mvie mu-1102054: Songcatcher is a winner!

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:47:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author profpeabody - Lovely film set in the beautiful mountains of Appalachia. Frustrated academic, Janet McTeer as Dr Lilly Penleric, escapes her sexist work environment to spend the summer with her younger sister and a friend who have started a school in hard scrabble...