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Drawing With Chalk

Play trailer Drawing With Chalk 2009 1h 27m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Two musicians try one last time to make it and get a record deal.

Critics Reviews

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Diego Semerene Slant Magazine 03/27/2011
1/4
When will American directors understand that it's okay, sometimes even wonderful, for a film to be silent? Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 03/24/2011
1/5
Screaming "vanity project" from every hackneyed frame, "Drawing With Chalk" is yet another example of midlife American males doing all they can to avoid acting their age. Go to Full Review
Ronnie Scheib Variety 03/24/2011
Chalk suffers overall from a lack of subtlety, as problems abruptly get thrust into the foreground with little buildup or internal consistency. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/06/2020
3.5/4.0
Affirmation that it's never too late to go after one's dream. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 03/25/2011
8.3421/10
Tender, genuinely heartfelt, inspirational, refreshingly unpredictable and, above all, relatable. Go to Full Review
Eric Monder Film Journal International 03/25/2011
Sitcom-style feature about a rock duo has too few genuine moments. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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David F Jul 13 Charming movie which tilts more toward reality vs a typically Hollywood production. The part with the ‘Punch Buggy’ should make us all laugh to simpler days of our youth. Overall good writing about an Upstate man and moving forward in life. A part two filmed ten years later would be a good follow-up. See more 03/28/2011 I enjoyed the movie and embracing in characters that resemble real life. Everyone can relate to chasing after your dreams or wondering if you should have taken a different turn in your life to fulfill those dreams. See more 03/28/2011 Great story, characters, and acting. The soundtrack is also very rocking!! See more 03/25/2011 Great story that many adults can relate too; strong script; a beautiful film. See more 03/04/2011 It's good movie that anyone in the real world can relate to. It's well written and well acted. The sound track is amazing. See more 03/01/2011 Todd Giglio's "Drawing With Chalk" is something of a hand crafted, low budget, soaring, and deeply moving masterpiece. It brings us a familiar concept for a film, and converts it into an original, great looking, and unbelievably well acted experience. The characters are remarkably vivid, developed through out the film with warmth and honesty, played beautifully by the entire cast. The film is a true depiction of the aspects, good or bad, of life, the ways that you can choose to live, and the people that you share it with. For different people, the out come will spring different emotions, but I am quite sure that for the majority of viewers, that the out come of this picture will satisfy and move them unlike most other movies have before. It's a treasure. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two musicians try one last time to make it and get a record deal.
Director
Todd Giglio
Screenwriter
Todd Giglio, Christopher Springer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 27m