Music

2021 • 107 minutes

2.0

32 reviews

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Eligible

About this movie

Nominated for two Golden Globe awards including Best Actress and Best Musical or Comedy. MUSIC is the directorial debut from multi-Grammy Award nominee, global icon and superstar SIA. The film stars Academy Award® nominee Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) and Sia-protégé and breakout star Maddie Ziegler as well as Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers) and Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation). MUSIC follows a 'newly sober woman (Hudson) figuring out her place in the world when she learns she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music (Ziegler), a young girl on the autism spectrum. MUSIC is about the magic that can happen when someone who cannot speak with words finds people who can listen with their hearts.

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2.0

32 reviews

IndieAndy

February 15, 2021

As an autistic person myself, I found the portrayal of Music to be very distasteful. Kate Hudson's character has her road to redemption story arc which is mediocre at best and Music (as in the character) is used really as a plot diverse. But the main issue is with the use of restraints in the film. I can't believe these scenes are in the movie and that it is basically endorsed in the film. Just a bad movie!

Edward Baker

February 15, 2021

I watched this film and was saddened to see the lies and false information about autistic & disabled people. The film used terms that the Nazis used to describe autistic people, and was not played by a non-autistic actor - The autistic character ( music ) looks like a mockery, It looks exactly how people would bully and mock other autistic people. It is a shame this is out. On top of all this, The film itself really isn't that good, It is very stereotypical and there are many holes in the story line, The music is very 'Disney' and stereotypical, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

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Joshua “jbg0801” Gross

March 26, 2021

As an autistic person, I have the following problems here. 1. Non-autistic actress playing autistic character 2. Representation of restraining during a meltdown, which can and does kill autistic people 3. Zero trigger warnings for the above 4. Incredibly stereotypical representation of "autism" This movie doesn't try at all, is awful and is a step in the wrong direction for representing autism in the media.

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