Song for Marion 2012 123movies

Watch: Song for Marion 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – “Song for Marion”, a London-set comedic drama, is about shy, grumpy pensioner Arthur who is reluctantly inspired by his beloved wife Marion to join a highly unconventional local choir. At odds with his son James, it is left to charismatic choir director Elizabeth to try and persuade Arthur that he can learn to embrace life. Arthur must confront the undercurrents of his own grumbling persona as he embarks on a hilarious, life-affirming journey of musical self discovery..
Plot: Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can’t understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth sees something special in the reluctant Arthur and refuses to give up on him. As she coaxes him out of his shell, Arthur realizes that it is never too late to change.
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Ratings:

	6.9/10 Votes: 7,770
	65% | RottenTomatoes
	57/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 131 Popularity: 9.715 | TMDB

Reviews:

While not particularly believable, it is entertaining.
Marion and Arthur are an oddly matched couple. Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) is a sweet old lady and Arthur (Terence Stamp) is a nasty and thoroughly unlikable old misanthrope. Marion is also dying from cancer. However, this isn’t destroying her spirit and she spends what time she has left singing with a senior center choir. As for Arthur, he’s very sad she’s dying, as he does love her but he shows absolutely no love for anyone or anything else.

When Marion dies, Arthur is understandably lost and alone by his own choice and actions. However, the leader of the choir, Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton) makes an effort to try to connect with this old jerk. Eventually, she does and after a while she even gets him to come to choir practice. But he’s still proud and a grouch. So what’s next?

The film is enjoyable and it’s a two or three Kleenex sort of film. However, based on my own personal experience with family and as a psychotherapist, Arthur’s change came way too fast and it was hard to believe a 70-something old man would that suddenly stop being the creep he was his entire life. I think the film would have been more memorable and effective had the change been much slower in coming. But, if you can ignore this, it is a nice film. By the way, I noticed that the summary called this movie ‘hilarious’. Whoever wrote that has a very sick sense of what’s hilarious!!! It’s mildly funny in parts but is really NOT a comedy.

You’ll be walking out of the cinema with a warm smile on your face.
In his directorial debut Paul Andrew Williams gave us an impressive, gritty and bleak crime film, London to Brighton – a film shot in just 19 days on a budget of £19,000. In his latest work he goes on the complete other end of the spectrum to deliver us a heart-warming comedy-drama, Song for Marion. When looking at its exterior, most would easily jump to labeling it a sentimental film which it’s one motive is to get you blubbering. It certainly succeeds in getting you to shed tears, but this is through the film’s well developed relationships between the characters, especially that of Marion (Vanessa Redgrave) and Arthur (Terence Stamp). Marion is terminally ill and is cared for by her grumpy husband, Arthur – he reluctantly helps fulfil her wishes to attend local OAP choir sessions headed by a young music teacher, Elizabeth (Gemma Arterton). But of course as Marion’s health begins to fade, Arthur finds himself becoming more and more desperate about the inevitable prospect of being alone without his beloved wife. This prompts him to become more involved in the choir’s sessions, which builds up to the group’s entry into a national choir competition – a beat very much in the vein of the 1996 film, Brassed Off.

The on-screen chemistry between Redgrave and Stamp is heart-wrenching; it’s hard to fight back those tears as the two comfort one another during Marion’s final months. But it’s when Arthur finally confesses to Marion that he’s scared about being without her that I finally let the tears subside – it’s just beautiful stuff. Redgrave’s singing performance of True Colours and Stamp’s final belting delivery of Goodnight My Darling will also leave you and the theatre audience in a quiver of snivels. But on the side there is very funny and touching moments with the choir themselves which mix in well to not make you an emotional wreck for the majority of the film. Christopher Eccleston is effective on the sidelines as Arthur and Marion’s son who struggles to bond with his stone-walled father. I felt Eccleston was slightly underused, but nonetheless enjoyable in the scenes he had; meanwhile Arterton is sweet and caring as Elizabeth, who tries hard to break down Arthur’s cold exterior in order to get him involved with the choir.

This is a splendid British picture – Paul Andrew Williams proves here that he can tackle pretty much any genre, and if you take a look at his other genre films, you’ll see that the man certainly has the knack – He’s done horror, crime and now a beautiful British comedy-drama. The performances are splendid, the comedic and teary moments are balanced perfectly – but ultimately what makes the film work is that it doesn’t try to break you down into an emotional wreck, it merely presents its characters in situations; bonding, caring and helping one another through the tough times. This is the kind of British film we need more of – you’ll be walking out of the cinema with a warm smile on your face.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 1697294
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
Director Paul Andrew Williams
Writer Paul Andrew Williams
Actors Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston
Country United Kingdom, Germany
Awards 3 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT
Laboratory DeLuxe, London, UK (rushes and prints), Flow Works GmbH Germany (on-line dailies: Egoli Tossell Film)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 200T 5213, Vision3 500T 5219)
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format N/A