The Music Lovers 1971

Critics score:
73 / 100

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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This Ken Russell fantasia-musical biography as wet dream-hangs together more successfully than his other similar efforts, thanks largely to a powerhouse performance by Glenda Jackson, one actress who can hold her own against Russell's excess. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Totally irresponsible as a film about, or inspired by, or parallel to, or bearing a vague resemblance to, Tchaikovsky, his life and times. It is not, however, a complete failure. Read more

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Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice: Whole stretches of images seem pushed and pulled along before our eyes by projected desires and anxieties. Read more