Kip Mooney College Movie Review Sep 18, 2021 76/100

Movies don't get much lighter or enjoyable than Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 20, 2020 3.0/4.0

Hoffman's disciplined directorial approach gives room for these actors to breathe and bring these characters and this story to life.

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Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site Aug 13, 2020

The film is not really confronting, in other words, what it half-wants and half-knows it ought to be confronting...

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Allen Almachar The MacGuffin Jul 28, 2020 B

This was nice and easy, like crumpets and tea during a spring afternoon.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 27, 2019

Quartet is simply magnifique! Encore! Encore!

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Cleaver Patterson CineVue Feb 7, 2019 4/5

A delightful cocktail of friendship and the acceptance of the frailties, both in yourself and in others.

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Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Dec 18, 2018 4/4

These are familiar themes: aging, jealousy, regret, repentance. But the dialogue is sprightly, and so are the performers.

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Sarah Gopaul Digital Journal Oct 22, 2018

This is a really lovely movie that probably won't win any awards, but will definitely capture audiences' hearts.

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Jo Berry The National (UAE) Nov 21, 2017 3/5

Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial debut - at the impressive age of 75 - with this very English slice of life.

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Craig D. Lindsey INDY Week Oct 25, 2017 3/4

The movie, like the play it's based on, is more about reminding audiences that talented people are often still talented in their later years. It's safe to say that Quartet will be the feel-good movie of the year-for anyone over 65.

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Francesca Steele Independent (UK) Aug 11, 2017

Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut is the latest example of a recent Hollywood effort to cater more to an older audience.

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Tom Clift Movie Mezzanine Feb 4, 2014 D+

More lethargically paced than even the slowest of its geriatric characters, the movie creeps along with all the dull, inoffensive inevitability of old age.

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Gerald Peary Boston Phoenix Dec 22, 2013 2/4

Will she, or won't she, join the others on stage in a quartet rendition of Verdi? Not to worry: it all unravels splendidly in this teeth-in-a-glass comedic drama.

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Matthew Korfhage Willamette Week Dec 22, 2013 B

While Hoffman seems very aware he's gently closing the book on an entire generation of entertainers, he nonetheless allows them to do what they've always done best: be entertaining.

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Jonathan Robbins Film Comment Magazine Dec 22, 2013

If this film is any indication of {Hoffman] creative capacity as a director, one can only hope that he will pursue his third act with as much vigor as his first.

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Jay Stone Canada.com Dec 22, 2013 4/5

Beyond the Masterpiece Theatre set design there lies a cunning tribute to the easy command of experienced actors and to the art that brought them there.

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Oliver Lyttelton The Playlist Dec 22, 2013 C

There's so little drama and conflict involved that the whole film washes over you without making much of an impact.

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Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Dec 22, 2013 1/5

As portraits of old age go, Quartet is better than that other recent retirement comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, but only in the way a touch of lumbago is better than shingles.

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Gabrielle Lipton Paste Magazine Dec 22, 2013 7.5/10

This film about four retired opera singers who regroup in their old age is as brilliant and lovingly composed as the operatic pieces that soar through the background. In short, it leaves longing for an encore.

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Chris Knight National Post Dec 22, 2013 3/4

There's a joy in watching seasoned performers play off one another, provided you don't get confused (as my seatmate did at the screening) and think this is Harry Potter and the Teachers' Lounge.

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