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Sing Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

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Sing Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace (2007)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:5

Rotten:19

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: An unconvincing retreat of The Big Chill, Sing Now lacks empathetic characters and good tunes.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: SING NOW or Forever Hold Your Peace is an ensemble comedy about a group of men who sang together in an a cappella group in college. Fifteen years later they reunite to perform at a friend’s... SING NOW or Forever Hold Your Peace is an ensemble comedy about a group of men who sang together in an a cappella group in college. Fifteen years later they reunite to perform at a friend’s wedding. During a long weekend rehearsing together, the men reflect on how their lives have progressed -- and in some cases, regressed --since their college heyday. --© Strand Releasing [More]

Starring: David Alan Basche, Alexander Chaplin, Liz Stauber, Mark Feuerstein

Starring: David Alan Basche, Alexander Chaplin, Liz Stauber, Mark Feuerstein, Elizabeth Reaser, Molly Shannon, Reg Rogers

Director: Bruce Leddy

Director: Bruce Leddy
Screenwriter: Bruce Leddy
Producer: Bruce Leddy
Composer: Jeff Cardoni
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

It’s an inoffensive and unchallenging little film.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
06/06/08
Jason Heck
Jason Heck
Kansas City Star

Take out all the elements of The Big Chill that made you like that film and keep the ones that annoyed you and you've got The Wedding Weekend.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
05/15/08
Bill Goodykoontz
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic

Indie buddy comedy hits too many wrong notes.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/22/07
S. Jhoanna Robledo
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Common Sense Media

The cast veers from overly theatrical (Rogers) to amusing (Molly Shannon as Ted's wife Shannon, a woman who speaks her mind without thinking about the consequences) to spot on (Harbour, DeWitt, Basche, and several others).

Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/14/07
Ted Murphy
Ted Murphy
Murphy's Movie Reviews
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Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
06/26/07
BBC

Cute is as cute does. Not much more. Eh.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
05/14/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

The cinematic equivalent of catchy soft-rock elevator music.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/30/07
Eric Monder
Eric Monder
Film Journal International

The title is the least of the film's problems; far more significant is its failed attempt to make its protagonists endearing instead of obnoxious.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
04/28/07
Tasha Robinson
Tasha Robinson
AV Club

It's pretty insubstantial stuff.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/27/07
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

As for the singing, it's pleasant but unctuous and, frankly, made me squirm.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
04/27/07
Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Reel.com

One long sour note.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
04/27/07
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

Molly Shannon, as the raunchy wife of the group's most reserved member, is the best-known actor in the cast and its most obnoxious.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/27/07
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

The actors are well cast and effective. As a film, Sing Now, shot on location, is as attractive as its cast.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/27/07
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Its dramatic freight lurches, and intriguing characters (a sex savant, an Indian human beat box) are sold short; a thinning of the ranks might have helped.

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04/27/07
Andy Webster
Andy Webster
New York Times
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Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace is a poor man's Big Chill, proving that navel gazing isn't the sole province of early baby boomers.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
04/27/07
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

If, when this gang lights into Our Love Is Here to Stay, you feel you've entered a very special chamber in Hell, rest assured you're not alone.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/27/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Do we really need another movie with thirtysomethings who ache to re-live their college years? C'mon, guys, grow up!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
04/27/07
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

The latter may be the better option in this lame comedy.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
04/27/07
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter

Sing Now/Wedding Weekend has a marvelous personality to it that does wonders to alleviate the problem areas that plague the script.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
04/26/07
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com
 
 
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