The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

Comedy / Foreign / Musical

1 hr. 39 min.

Oddball Canadian comedy/musical set during the Great Depression, starring Isabella Rossellini as a legless beer baroness who tries increasing sud sales by sponsoring a contest to find the saddest music in the world.

Not Rated

Directed by: Guy Maddin

Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, Ross McMillan, Darcy Fehr

Theatrical Release Date: 4/30/2004

Release Type: NY

U.S. Box Office: $669,128

Video/DVD Release Date: 11/16/2004

Distributor: IFC

Country: Canada

Language: English

Offsite: IMDB | Official Site

CRITIC	RATING	QUOTE
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert	8	...strange and delightful...
Chicago Tribune	7
E!	9
filmcritic.com Jules Brenner	8	...an insanely audacious satire.
New York Post	8
TV Guide	7
Reel	9
Entertainment Weekly	9
New York Times	8
Los Angeles Times	8
LA Weekly	8
Village Voice J. Hoberman	9	Guy Maddin's latest extravaganza, improbably adapted from an original screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, is the best Big Broadcast ever—a stompin' mishmash, 100 minutes of demented vaudeville and murky montage, spasmodic violence and even splatter.
Onion AV Club Scott Tobias	7	The film's irreverent goof on Depression-era Winnipeg fires off hilariously eccentric one-liners and makes the most of Maddin's Cuisinart mesh of vintage silent-movie effects.
Premiere	5

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ALL AVERAGE CRITIC RATING	7.9
AVERAGE USER RATING (5 ratings)	2.4

USER REVIEWS:

dack 4

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I don't get Maddin. Some very funny bits in amongst a lot of boring crap.

crazy 1

Too quirky, we turned it off.

Wynns 3

It gets points for style. It was amusing to watch, but not enough substance to finish it. After I got the gimmick I didn't feel the need to finish it.

jefferyb 2

Fun style, terrible movie