Quartet (2012)

PG-1312/26/2012Drama, Comedy, Romance1h 38m
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Four Friends Looking For A Little Harmony

Overview

Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Maggie Smith

    Jean Horton

  2. Cast 1

    Tom Courtenay

    Reginald Paget

  3. Cast 1

    Billy Connolly

    Wilf Bond

  4. Cast 1

    Pauline Collins

    Cissy Robson

  5. Cast 1

    Michael Gambon

    Cedric Livingston

  6. Cast 1

    Sheridan Smith

    Dr. Lucy Cogan

  7. Cast 1

    Jumayn Hunter

    Joey

  8. Cast 1

    Shola Adewusi

    Sheryl

  9. Cast 1

    Andrew Sachs

    Bobby Swanson

Four friends decide to work together to put on a concert to raise money to prevent the retirement home/orphanage/local theater/etc. from closing down. We haven’t seen this before, have we? Still, based on the high powered cast they assembled here, I had hopes for it. Hope is a beautiful thing. So I was disappointed. The Billy Connolly character seemed first two-dimensional to me and was barely carried off by the comedian;’s natural charm and winning smile. The Cedrick character felt over the top and didn’t add much to the film despite a strong enough performance by the actor. I think the...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$11,000,000.00

Revenue $59,520,298.00

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