Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Maggie SmithJean Horton
- Tom CourtenayReginald Paget
- Billy ConnollyWilf Bond
- Pauline CollinsCissy Robson
- Michael GambonCedric Livingston
- Sheridan SmithDr. Lucy Cogan
- Jumayn HunterJoey
- Shola AdewusiSheryl
- Andrew SachsBobby Swanson
- Trevor PeacockGeorge
Recommendations
- 88
Observer
The result is a movie of enormous intelligence. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Quartet is very much a performance piece, which plays to Hoffman's strength - as an actor he knows when to allow this excellent ensemble breathing room and when to tighten the belt. - 70
NPR
Personally, I'd show up for Maggie Smith's top-drawer basilisk stare if she were guesting on "Sesame Street." - 60
The Guardian
Hoffman has delivered a love letter to the elderly thesps of his adoptive country. We can forgive him its falsehoods. - 60
Total Film
As cozy as a mug of Horlicks inside an electric blanket, Hoffman's film couldn't offend if it tried. Age, however, has yet to wither its veterans' undimmed star appeal. - 60
Empire
A frothy and often charming directorial effort from Hoffman, his first in a Hollywood career that's spanned five decades, that will keep Downton fans happy. - 50
Village Voice
Sentimental and pandering. - 50
The Playlist
Quartet is a hard film to dislike entirely, thanks principally to the charms of its cast.
