Boychoir (2014)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: François Girard
	Actors: Garrett Wareing, Dustin Hoffman
	Country: USA
	Genre: Music, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 17.08.2015, Schauburg, OV Sneak preview
Synopsis: Stet (Wareing), a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master Carvelle (Hoffman) who recognizes a unique talent in this young boy as he pushes him to discover his creative heart and soul in music.
Review: The plot sounds interesting. A kind of Good Will Hunting in another type of society. Actually the introduction of the kid is melodramatic but building the main character. It takes a while to introduce the other characters. The acting of the young Warreing is quite good, that of Dustin Hoffman quite bad and I do not know whether the director looked for these effects or the actors did it by themselves, but many sequences lack so much of own personality and depict characters so seriously while the sequence is so kitch. Many sequences are funny, but I do not believe this was planned by the director. I had the impression, that the team had a script and they played what was written without thinking about it, just to finish the shoot.  Although I liked Dustin Hoffman a lot since Little Big Man (1970) until Mad City (1997) but indeed I have not seen any good from him since then.
Rating: 1 /10