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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Directed by
Morgan Neville
PG-13
2016
1h 36m
Documentary
,
Music
7.7
85%
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss their philosophies on music and culture.
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Cast of The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble
Yo-Yo Ma
Self
Kinan Azmeh
Self
Kayhan Kalhor
Self
Cristina Pato
Self
Man Wu
Self
Jonathan Gandelsman
Self
Osvaldo Golijov
Self
Nicholas Ma
Self
Bobby McFerrin
Self
Kevork Mourad
Self
Tan Dun
Self
Kojiro Umezaki
Self
Tong Wu
Self
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble Ratings & Reviews
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
These musicians' backstories are not uninteresting, but they feel like tangential subjects. Neville's attention wanders throughout his movie.
Midwest Film Journal
Nick Rogers
As generously global as it is intensely introspective, this is the finest pure-music documentary since 2012's "A Band Called Death." A splendid look at the happy accidents, and intentional elation, found in a fermata of fertile creativity.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
The result is enjoyable, but feels perhaps a bit slight, as if, with a little more time, more depth may have been achieved.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
Commendable intentions be damned; one can't hear the music for the self-applauding.
Chicago Reader
Leah Pickett
What drives the narrative is the musicians' mutual desire to forge meaningful connections across cultures, an affirmative answer to Leonard Bernstein's question of whether music can truly serve as a "universal language."
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
"Strangers" offers an inspiring look at creative people from very different walks of life who nonetheless communicate beautifully with one another. They don't need to speak a common language: Their dazzling music says it all.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It's compelling, and of course the music, taken from all parts of the world and played by musicians on every sort of instrument, is intriguing.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
An irresistible kaleidoscope of music and good fellowship ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Joshua Kosman
These are all appealing and interesting folks, and it would be nice to have a beer with any of them (I have in fact done so in one case). From the filmmaker, one expects a little more.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
In The Music of Strangers, the sounds these gifted artists make are the truest expressions of themselves.
RogerEbert.com
Susan Wloszczyna
Much like "20 Feet from Stardom," the doc becomes a grabber whenever it focuses on the immensely skilled and unique individuals who form this melodic melting pot.
RogerEbert.com
Tina Hassannia
Neville is keenly aware of how to show the musicians' kinetic energy onscreen, and he relies on this talent to keep the film consistently alive and moving.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
A first-rate music film capturing a restless desire to communicate beyond the boundaries of any single idiom.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
"The Music of Strangers" is an aural celebration that's about using the past to break free of boundaries.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Neville is as expert at getting the human stories behind the songs as he is in capturing the music.
New York Times
Ken Jaworowski
If the screen went dark during "The Music of Strangers," that would be a disappointment. But if the sound failed, that would be a tragedy.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Morgan Neville's documentary is a joyous revelation, a group portrait of superb musicians from all over the world offering music as an emblem of what people can do in these fractious times when they live in concert with one another.
Village Voice
Simon Abrams
Not bad as an introduction to a group, but it makes for a lousy portrait of its members.
Slant Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
It resonates as a portrait of artists trying to figure out their own paths toward making valuable contributions to the world.
Christianity Today
Alissa Wilkinson
This isn't an innovative film, overall-the camerawork lyrically mimics the music, but it's mostly a straight-ahead informative documentary. And yet it holds your interest.
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