Synopsis
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon challenges whether it is Zu or Music who has a better view of the world, and that love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.
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Cast
- Kate HudsonZu
- Leslie Odom Jr.Ebo
- Maddie ZieglerMusic
- Mary Kay PlaceMillie
- Beto CalvilloFelix
- Juliette LewisEvelyn
- Kathy NajimyEvelyn's Mom
- Tig NotaroRadgicals Host
- Henry RollinsEbo's Neighbor
- Ben SchwartzRudy
Recommendations
- 50
Los Angeles Times
While the movie is hit and miss, under the rookie’s direction, several veteran actors still turn in solid work. - 40
The Guardian
The autistic characters feel more like dramatic tools to improve the circumstances of neurotypical people, rather than fully-fledged humans who think, feel and act on their own terms. - 40
Time Out
The ‘bad sibling comes good helping the autistic one’ plotline isn’t exactly new (hullo, Rain Man), and there isn’t much more meat on the bones here. Where Music really stumbles, though, is in its fantasy musical interludes. - 38
RogerEbert.com
There's nothing fun about panning a feature by a first-time director, especially when it seems to come from a place of good intentions, but Music, a musical fantasy drama about an autistic teen, is bad. Mystifyingly bad. Verging on "What were they thinking?" bad. - 30
Screen Daily
Attempting to celebrate the power of community and new beginnings, Sia’s directorial debut mostly serves as an unintended cautionary tale about chronic whimsy and outdated ideas. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
While it has a few incidental felicities to admire, by and large Music is a sentimental atrocity so cringe-inducing it should come with an advisory warning for anyone with preexisting shoulder or back injuries. - 25
IndieWire
Even if it’s possible to understand how Music got made, and even if you accept that Sia’s blinkered approach began with good intentions, such generous allowances don’t make this tone-deaf debacle any less difficult to stomach. - 25
The Playlist
This movie is literally and figuratively saying music can save your life, but the execution is all treacle and dust—overly sweet and utterly empty.
