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Song to Song

Play trailer 1:35 Poster for Song to Song R Released Mar 17, 2017 2h 9m Drama Romance Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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43% Tomatometer 129 Reviews 37% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Set against the Austin, Texas, music scene, two entangled couples -- struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress (Natalie Portman) whom he ensnares -- chase success through a rock 'n' roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
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As visually sumptuous as it is narratively spartan, Terrence Malick's Song to Song echoes elements of the writer-director's recent work -- for better and for worse.

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Judy Berman Pitchfork ... just another minor variation on Malick's favorite theme-the power of love and spirituality to transcend the life-poisoning curses of ambition and greed-and not a very effective one, at that. Sep 21, 2017 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times Remember when Terrence Malick movies happened once in a geological age? God be with the days. Rated: 1/5 Jul 26, 2017 Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) "Nothing felt real," Mara laments at the start of Song To Song. That, sadly, is an observation that can just as well be aimed at the movie as a whole. Rated: 2/5 Jul 12, 2017 Full Review Colin Stacy Vague Visages Because Song to Song is so sprawling, there are moments that arrest some and not others, but it’d be almost impossible to walk away from the film without any memories resurfacing. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Daniel de Partearroyo Cinemanía (Spain) A story whose predictability doesn't make the experience less exciting. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Sep 24, 2020 Full Review Fiona Underhill JumpCut Online Prepare to be enthralled by the beauty and frustrated by the characters in equal measure. The experience is the same as going to an art gallery, something I love to do. Malick's work is art and art is supposed to be challenging. Jul 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Success in 2 hours and 9 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $421,900.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Val Kilmer as Duane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/25 Full Review Trump S A truly phenomenal film. One of those life changing directors. Not for the Kardashian, real housewife, or fast and furious crowd. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/03/25 Full Review Fil S Many stars and promising movie..But did not meet the predictions. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review Audience Member This storyline could have been SO sexy and SO interesting but they cut everything short and glaze over everything. The trailer implies it will be sexy, but then all the sex scenes cut from a soft touch to putting clothes back on. Half the movie seems like montages and voice overs. All the cheating and lying but there’s no drama???? Why spend so much air time on the least interesting part of the story and cut forward on every dramatic scene or sexy scene???? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Blu B Well compared to Knight of Cups it's ten times better but that isn't saying much. There actually is something here that resembles a story. It's basically a Robert Altman style character study involving multiple characters interacting and the romance/drama of being in a rock star producer behind the scenes with no real centralcharacter amongst 5-6 people. That much I get and credos for actually having a foundation here that is interpretable without needing to look up a wikipedia article or have a professor interpret it for you. And the acting is actually alright with some chemistry here and there. But there is a lot of unnatural acting in this with people staring at times like they are in a Calvin Klien commerical that feels unneeded. Everything else isn't that good here. This jumps around terribly and it's not very obvious what is going on or why a character is acting a certain way. You really have to think for a bit but you can usually piece together the why evenutally. It does feel like at times it is very close to coming off the rails and going full arthouse abstract mode but it does come back eventually. This also drags quite a bit. There are scenes that are so slow or go on forever or are very repetitive. This is beautiful to look at at times but i can be very inconsistent. Sometimes it feels like Malicks best work and other times it feels like I'm watching a documentary or a Marriott commerical. And other times Malick's arthouse tendencies come up as well in a bad way. It is calming and visually stimulating while watching while also having a story and understandable characters. But it isn't really anything I can recommend to anyone. The meaning gets lost in the arthouse tendencies, very slow pacing, jumpy editng, and inconsistent style and unnatural character behaviors. Skip This. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/23/24 Full Review jackie d It's like a two-hour perfume commercial with beautiful people and a great soundtrack Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Set against the Austin, Texas, music scene, two entangled couples -- struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress (Natalie Portman) whom he ensnares -- chase success through a rock 'n' roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Director
Terrence Malick
Producer
Sarah Green, Nicolas Gonda, Ken Kao
Screenwriter
Terrence Malick
Distributor
Broad Green Pictures
Production Co
Broad Green Pictures, Waypoint Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Nudity|Some Sexuality)
Genre
Drama, Romance, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 27, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$421.9K
Runtime
2h 9m
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