REVIEW: QUARTET
It is not exactly great to be a movie critic right now. Recent releases like "Olympus Has Fallen," "Admission" and "The Host" have all received to middling to brutally negative reviews, the latter falling more into that second category. I love Morgan Freeman, Tina Fey and aliens equally (I'm just kidding Tina, I love you) but I'm avoiding all of the above films like the plague. "Olympus" looks brainless, "Admission" looks lifeless and "Host" looks...awful. Sorry Twihards. So what's a critic to do when nothing's even passably decent in theaters? See it anyway, because they're professionals, but lo and behold I don't have that burden (yet.) What I do is go back to the 2012 movie season, and see a film that got a little awards love, but surprisingly strong box office appreciation. This, ladies and gentleman, is "Quartet." "Quartet," directed by directing newbie Dustin Hoffman, ...