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Ty Burr, Boston Globe: "The Sapphires" illustrates how the same old story - in this case, the one about a 1960s girl group and its struggles - can be freshened up through the novelties of place and characterization. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: A solid, stirring song sung with more sincerity than polish. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Though the production is unpolished, the music is great and Chris O'Dowd is delightfully droll as the group's boozy manager. Read more
Jake Coyle, Associated Press: Even when "The Sapphires" is at its most unpolished and cheesiest, O'Dowd and the film's general warm spirit make it a tune hard to resist. Read more
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: "The Sapphires" feels like a movie you've already seen, but it's nonetheless thoroughly enjoyable, like a pop song that's no less infectious when you know every word. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: The Sapphires understands intuitively that cheap tricks still work most of the time, and it is not without its silky, assured virtues-but originality is not one of them. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: It's pure joy. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: [A] genial, entertaining, cliche-ridden showbiz story from Australia. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The performers improve it, or save it, depending on your viewpoint. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: The harmonies they strike in this reality-inspired charmer are sweetly sublime. Read more
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News: The Sapphires shouldn't gleam as brightly as it does. The up-from-struggle story follows the predictable form of movies like these, from Dreamgirls to The Commitments. But there's such a sense of joy ... that it's hard not to be won over. Read more
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: An irresistible if unpolished feature debut from Aussie director Wayne Blair. Read more
Megan Lehmann, Hollywood Reporter: A jewel-bright charmer about four spunky indigenous women whose powerhouse voices catapulted them onto the 60s-era world stage as Australia's answer to the Supremes. Read more
Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News: "The Sapphires" is a bit like a puppy you're trying to house break. It may have its bad cinematic moments but it's just so darn appealing that you have to love it. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: It's a sweet little tale, and that co-writer Tony Briggs is the son of one of the real-life singers adds to the heart-tugging. In the end, though, it's not quite enough to sustain a feature-length film. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: While the fish-out-of-water story remains a little overused, the sweet soul music still provides a terrific hook. Read more
Linda Holmes, NPR: At certain moments, the film feels pretty manipulative, but you know why manipulation is popular? Because it is effective. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This charming Australian import has a groove much like other low-key, let's-put-on-a-show indies such as Hear My Song and The Commitments, and never uses its social conscience as simply backbeat. Read more
Sara Stewart, New York Post: For the most part Aussie director Wayne Blair's feature debut is snappy and fresh. Read more
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register: Delirious surprises crowd out the cliches in this thoroughly disarming movie. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Let's trivialize a legacy of cruelty and denigration, in a country where indigenous people suffered from centuries of human rights abuse! And let's make the carnage of Vietnam look like a paintball game! Read more
Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: A very conventional story of a '60s Australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this fact-based story set to the beat of Motown soul. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: You could call it an Aussie Dreamgirls. I'd call it a blast of joy and music that struts right into your heart. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: "The Sapphires" sparkles with sass and Motown soul. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Draining most of the blood, sweat and tears from a true story, this music-minded movie capably covers a song we've heard a hundred times before. Read more
Michael Posner, Globe and Mail: You could drive an Abrams tank through the film's plot holes, but you'll likely be too busy enjoying yourself to bother. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Sapphires is hardly a cinematic diamond mine. But this Commitments-style mashup of music and melodrama manages to entertain without demanding too much of its audience. Read more
Sam Adams, Time Out: The Sapphires might pass muster as escapist fluff, but its pretensions of significance go woefully awry. Read more
Guy Lodge, Variety: Soul music's alleged redemptive powers are fully at work in this jumbled, sketchily written but vastly appealing true-life musical comedy. Read more
Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: Why resist? Read more