Extremely goodhearted, if not exactly original or exciting.
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
An appealing lead performance from its leading man and a wonderfully sentimental, if overly familiar, story line are the chief virtues of this French drama, a huge success in its native country.
50
VarietyLisa Nesselson
VarietyLisa Nesselson
No stereotype is left unheralded and no heartstring left untugged in this freely adapted remake of Jean Dreville's mostly forgotten "La cage aux rossignols"
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The Chorus plucks desperately at the heartstrings, but fails to breathe new life into a tired old tune.
50
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
The Chorus is sham art and questionable entertainment, but at the very least it sends you whistling out of the theater.
A deeply conventional story about truculent or orphaned boys and the gentle soul who finds himself by shaping the tots into a chorus.
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The movie is rotten the way that only a denatured made-for-export slice of Gallic nostalgia can be.
40
Village Voice
Village Voice
The cinematic equivalent of filtered water, The Chorus is all smooth, nutrient-free clichés. This shamelessly globalized French Oscar submission even opens with a shot of an American flag--perhaps an unconscious declaration of defeat for importable Gallic cinema.