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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaWhile the movie is hit and miss, under the rookie’s direction, several veteran actors still turn in solid work.
- 40The GuardianLuke BuckmasterThe GuardianLuke BuckmasterThe autistic characters feel more like dramatic tools to improve the circumstances of neurotypical people, rather than fully-fledged humans who think, feel and act on their own terms.
- 40Time OutTime OutThe ‘bad sibling comes good helping the autistic one’ plotline isn’t exactly new (hullo, Rain Man), and there isn’t much more meat on the bones here. Where Music really stumbles, though, is in its fantasy musical interludes.
- 38RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThere's nothing fun about panning a feature by a first-time director, especially when it seems to come from a place of good intentions, but Music, a musical fantasy drama about an autistic teen, is bad. Mystifyingly bad. Verging on "What were they thinking?" bad.
- 30Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonAttempting to celebrate the power of community and new beginnings, Sia’s directorial debut mostly serves as an unintended cautionary tale about chronic whimsy and outdated ideas.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinWhile it has a few incidental felicities to admire, by and large Music is a sentimental atrocity so cringe-inducing it should come with an advisory warning for anyone with preexisting shoulder or back injuries.
- 25IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichEven if it’s possible to understand how Music got made, and even if you accept that Sia’s blinkered approach began with good intentions, such generous allowances don’t make this tone-deaf debacle any less difficult to stomach.
- 25The PlaylistThe PlaylistThis movie is literally and figuratively saying music can save your life, but the execution is all treacle and dust—overly sweet and utterly empty.
- 20The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThis is a bizarre movie, one that parades confused ideas about care, fantasy and disability with a pride that reads as vanity. It is audacious, in the sense that making it certainly took some audacity.
- 20Paste MagazineJoseph StanicharPaste MagazineJoseph StanicharMusic is a bad movie, but I wish that were all it was. I can handle its poor pacing and stiff dialogue, but even doing research and writing an essay on the film’s problematic elements pre-release were not enough to prepare me for how harmful Music is to autistic people.