Quartet

Four friends looking for a little harmony

The remnants of a once-famous quartet now live in a retirement complex. One day they get a new resident, who turns out to be the fourth member of their quartet, who split the group, and her husband, as her ego and fame group. Now that they're back in the same residence, and with an upcoming annual performance to rehearse for, will they be able to patch up their differences in time?

98 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

We'll just ignore the babe.

Credits

Cast	Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith, Andrew Sachs
Director	Dustin Hoffman
Screenplay	Ronald Harwood, from his play
Music	Dario Marianelli
Cinematography	John de Borman
Editing	Barney Pilling
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2012
Produced by	Headline Pictures, BBC Films, DCM Productions, Finola Dwyer Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy
Language	Mild to moderate, infrequent, comically
Nudity	None
Sex	Verbal reference, low, discreetly implied
Violence	Low, infrequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Low, anti-drug message, infrequent
Comments	None
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and suggestive humor
Runtime	98
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer	15
Die Burger Rozanne Els	15
Metacritic.com 36 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 115 critics	13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer It's sweet, gentle, and predictable to a fault, but Dustin Hoffman's affectionate direction and the talented cast's amiable charm make Quartet too difficult to resist.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
Movie Review Intelligence 44 critics	13
What the People say
Internet 1745 Netizens How refreshing to see ageing treated so well	13
Average .. 69%	14