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Preview: The Band's Visit (2008)


Poster: C

Review:

The poster just sits there. There's nothing eye-catching or interesting and that could be thanks to the fact that it's almost entirely white with a perwinkle blue uniforms acting as the only focal point. It's hardly notable.

Trailer: B

Review:

Avoiding attempts at broad comedy, The Band's Visit looks like a quietly subversive pic featuring fish-out-of-water humor that doesn't feel forced like most American features.

Oscar Prospects:

Disqualified by the Foreign Language Film committee for containing too much English, The Band's Visit, a huge winner at the Isreali Academy Awards, won't find release until 2008 and is unlikely to be remembered come Oscar time.

Release Date:

February 8, 2008

Synopsis Review:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (December 8, 2007) Original
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