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Music

PG-13

2021

1h 47m

Musical

Drama

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Zu (Kate Hudson) is a free spirit estranged from her family who suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half sister, Music (Maddie Ziegler), The musical drama explores the tenuous bonds that hold us together, and imagines a world where those bonds can be strengthened in times of great challenge: love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.

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Critics Consensus

Offensive in its depiction of autism -- and painfully misguided in essentially every respect -- Music is a vanity project that begs to be turned down.

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Featuring depictions of autism and autistic behavior that are at best misguided and even arguably dangerous, this bafflingly star-studded film insults the people it tries to represent.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

09/23/2024

1/5

Music is less a person than a sympathetic vessel who is saddled with an oversimplified and loving worldview to impart to others, and as a result, the film lets the side down in its depiction of autistic people.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

02/25/2021

A completely misguided mess.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

02/20/2021

2/5

It's pitiful stuff.

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Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

07/14/2024

0/5

It’s the definition of a vanity project, and the fact that it uses autism as a means to an end makes it a particularly putrid one.

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

09/18/2023

2.5/5

the real issue is that, though the movie is centred and even takes its name from a nonverbal teenager who's on the low-functioning side of the autism spectrum, it doesn't seem to care about exploring who she really is.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

07/13/2023

For those buying into the manipulation, the film is padded with fantasy sequences that double as music videos for pop star Sia, whose directorial debut feels more self-indulgent than sincere.

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Macy G

@AutisticRanterMace 3d

As someone with autism, THIS MOVIE IS SO WRONG! YOU DONT TACKLE SOMEONE TO CALM THEM DOWN- THAT IS DANGEROUS! The music videos are overwhelming for me personally. Why did that boy get randomly KILLED FOR NO FUCKING REASON!? And my lord, having autism speaks as credit, wow. For me personally, everything happened so fast that I didn’t have time to process it at all! It was like, "boy buying puppy for crush- OH NO, HE DIED! Anyways-" LIKE TS IS SO ASS. The scene making pmo too. I didn’t even know that the guy had aids until my friend who was watching it with me told me! Seriously, WHAT IN FUCK IS THIS? And the worst part? It felt like they were glorifying having autism!!! I HATE HAVING IT MOST OF THE TIME. For me it feels so inconsiderate to the community that it’s even trying to represent! All I’m gonna say is, this movie is trash, offensive, dangerous and makes me feel like even with representations, people in a community could be shown as their stereotypes. I hate this movie too much.

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@oVo_mj Aug 13

just why............

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Jasmine T

Aug 3

incredibly vile and dangerous portrayal of autism

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Damien H

Jun 5

I would rate it a 0/5 if I could. This movie is insulting and painfully misguided. Sia should genuinely be ashamed.

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Joaquin

May 26

As a person with Autism, this is quite possibly the single worst movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life, and I’ve seen The Last Jedi.

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Dani E

May 14

I am autistic . I loved this movie . It actually made me cry

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Zu (Kate Hudson) is a free spirit estranged from her family who suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half sister, Music (Maddie Ziegler), The musical drama explores the tenuous bonds that hold us together, and imagines a world where those bonds can be strengthened in times of great challenge: love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.

Director: Sia
Producer: Vincent Landay, Sia
Screenwriter: Sia, Dallas Clayton
Production Co: Pineapple Lasagne Productions, Atlantic Films, Landay Entertainment, Crush Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Material|Brief Violence|Strong Language|Thematic Content)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2021
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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