The Music Never Stopped


The Music Never Stopped
Twenty years ago, a strict dad forbade his son from going to a Grateful Dead concert. So the son ran away from home. Now he's back, but suffering from brain damage in which he can remember the distant past but not the recent past. Dad is determined to help him recover, and the only thing that seems to work is playing the music from back then that the son loved, but dad hated.

105 minutes.
Parental Guidance (Language).
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
J.K. Simmons, Cara Seymour, Lou Taylor Pucci, Scott Adsit, James Urbaniak, Max Antisell
Director
Jim Kohlberg
ScreenplayGwyn Lurie, Gary Marks, from the essay by Oliver Sacks
MusicPaul Cantelon
CinematographyStephen Kazmierski
EditingKeith Reamer
Sound formatsDolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2011
Produced byEssential Pictures, Mr. Tamborine Man

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageMild, very infrequent, contextualised
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceSome mild, domestic, psychological violence
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance SuggestedRated PG for thematic elements, some mild drug references, language and smoking
Runtime105
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Tina George quote iconTwo genres in generational clash
10
Metacritic.com
13 critics
12
Rottentomatoes critics
48 critics
13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconAn involving, if sentimental and predictable family drama elevated by J.K. Simmons' sympathetic lead performance.
13
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
13
Movie Review Intelligence
22 critics
11

What the People say

Internet
1143 Netizens quote iconOne of the year's very best! J.K. Simmons gives a pitch-perfect performance
15

Average .. 62%

12

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