Song for Marion

"Retire to another cinema if you don’t fancy giving your tear ducts a work-out. That’s what Terence Stamp’s curmudgeonly Arthur would do in Song For Marion, a film striving to match the success of Quartet, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and, by virtue of its esteemed older cast, The King’s Speech. Even those who find the story’s central choir, the OAPz, (Old-Age Pensioners) cloying will find it hard not to suppress the waterworks. This is one film that’s equal parts moving and grating."

"A sentimental tearjerker targeted at the over-50s who made "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" a box office hit."

"There may be the odd bum note but Williams' film is largely on song and full of genuine, heartfelt emotion. Stamp's masterclass in melancholy is something to behold."

"Even though we know where the film's going, it still manages to give the tear-ducts a workout."

"Grit-meister Paul Andrew Williams switches to the key of C major for a commercial crowdpleaser about a seniors' choir."

"Too emotionally manipulative, but not without its moments of real tenderness and warmth."

"Redgrave and Stamp have a touching, mismatched chemistry, and in their hands the marriage described in Williams's script feels lived-in and real."

"With Redgrave on top form and the story's moving take on devotion in the face of death, your tear ducts will be powerless to resist."