A more complex, beautiful film than one had dared to hope. I'll never giggle at yodelling again.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2009

Slightly stretched at 82 minutes, the film nevertheless makes a strong case for this high, wide and lonesome sound expressing the soul of the alpine landscape, beautifully captured by the aerial camerawork.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2009

Echoes of Home is a feature-length musical documentary about the Swiss art of yodelling. Unintentionally titter-inducing in execution, yet deadly serious in conception.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2009

Intriguing - but some of the musicians are just the tiniest bit smug about how wackily offbeat they are.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2009

Some genuinely affecting moments punctuate their accounts, but overall this amiable documentary is as mad as a sackful of whippets.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2009

Performances are intercut with file footage, home videos and family photos, creating a mannered film language that, like the music it documents, links the present to the past in a series of echoes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2009