Quartet

2012 98 min ★ 6.5 Drama, Comedy, Romance

Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.

Cast

Maggie Smith

Jean Horton

Tom Courtenay

Reginald Paget

Billy Connolly

Wilf Bond

Pauline Collins

Cissy Robson

Michael Gambon

Cedric Livingston

Sheridan Smith

Dr. Lucy Cogan

Jumayn Hunter

Joey

Shola Adewusi

Sheryl

Andrew Sachs

Bobby Swanson

Trevor Peacock

George

Details

Director

Dustin Hoffman

Screenplay

Ronald Harwood

Tagline

"Four Friends Looking For A Little Harmony"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$59,520,298

Production

BBC Film, Headline Pictures

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

September 3, 2022

★ 6/10

Four friends decide to work together to put on a concert to raise money to prevent the retirement home/orphanage/local theater/etc. from closing down. We haven’t seen this before, have we? Still, based on the high powered cast they assembled here, I had hopes for it. Hope is a beautiful thing. So I was disappointed. The Billy Connolly character seemed first two-dimensional to me and was barely ...

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CinemaSerf

May 24, 2024

★ 7/10

This is the second "Quartet" film to feature Dame Maggie Smith and I definitely prefer this one! The story is set in a retirement home for musicians and singers, and one that is gearing up for it's annual fund-raising gala as well as for a much anticipated new arrival. It's that latter event that sets the cat amongst the pigeons for the amiable threesome of "Wilf" (Sir Billy Connolly), "Reggie" (S...