Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust.
Co-writer/Director: Yaron Zilberman
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots.
Watched on AmazonPrime.
9 songs in the Soundtracks, at least 5 are classical.
I have prior Netflix rating of 7, which is only a guess, since Netflix only provides 1-5, not 1-10. Today it's a 6, and I'll stand by that.
It's a wonder that these 4 musicians have maintained a performing quartet for decades. They all seem to arrive at a boiling point together. CW has a health crisis: diagnosed with Parkinson's. PSH wants to play 1st violin sometimes, and resents MI leading them into the "perfection" trap where they have landed. CK tries to temper husband PSH's ambition, so they fight, and PSH beds an acquaintance from jogging. MI beds the daughter of PSH & CK. It's all a sticky mess, and the classical music doesn't compensate enough to suffer through the melodrama.
Avoid a repeat.
Rated 7.1 (12,832)
RKO & more, dir. Zilberman; 6-
