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Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: A
Direction: B+
Visuals: A
Schultze has a Good Soul
by Daniel (movies profile) (Apr 23, 2006)
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
Very emotional story about Herr Schultze, a retired mine worker, who gives up playing German polka accordion for the Louisiana Zydeco music. All old bachelors who have l... Full Review

Overall Grade: C-
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
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Missed Opportunity
by Lisa At Choice (movies profile) (Apr 23, 2006)
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
What could have been a triumph drags and plods toword an uninspired ending. So much time is spent illistrating the slow pace of life and the general boredom of the prema... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
Schultze....a painting set in motion...
by DorrieM (movies profile) (Nov 5, 2005)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
The first thing about this beautiful film, that drew me in, was the director's(Schorr) careful setup of each scene. Each scene was like a painting. The main focus of that... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
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The Golden Years
by Tucker (movies profile) (Nov 5, 2005)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Anyone who's tired of Hollywood formula films may like "Schultze," a first film by Michael Schorr. As the NYT reviewer pointed out, Schultze is reminiscent of Schmidt in... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
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What a beautiful film in every way
by Harry (movies profile) (Nov 5, 2005)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
For those who understand that life is not in "action" but in acts, what welcome respite this beautiful film is from the relentless stream of those about empty characters... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: A-
Direction: B+
Visuals: B+
Bad moon risin', Sltz breaks even, rolling on riv
by amatov (movies profile) (Nov 5, 2005)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This simple tale is calming and heartening as Schultze strikes out on the single adventure of his life. He's had a sheltered limited lifestyle, but luck would have it tha... Full Review

Overall Grade: D
Story: C-
Acting: B
Direction: F
Visuals: C-
Amateur Hour Awards?!
by robert c (movies profile) (Jan 31, 2006)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
What a long, drab, trip of a film. I'd like to say "movie" but almost nothing moves except then unsteady camera on long, bleak stares at the horizon. Our hero is as blan... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B+
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: B
Gentle, Eccentric Though Overlong Character Study
by Ed (movies profile) (Dec 27, 2005)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
First-time director-writer Michael Schorr has made a gently idiosyncratic film that is at once bittersweet and enervating, a combination familiar to anyone acquainted wit... Full Review

Overall Grade: D+
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like molasses with jumping beans
by Ed (movies profile) (Apr 3, 2005)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Every scene in "Schultze" drags like Morley's chains. When the scene finally changes, the next one is often totally unrelated to the prior one. Many characters or situati... Full Review

Overall Grade: F
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Everybody who gave it a bad review was right!
by JosephK (movies profile) (Jan 31, 2006)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
I just had to add my voice to the list of negative reviews of this movie. There are several reviews here that pretty much summarized my feelings about this movie (just ab... Full Review
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