The romantic comedy genre is given a significant boost of creativity and charm with Música. While there’s some typical rom-com comfort to be found, the movie consciously avoids cliches and plays to its own syncopated beat.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 21, 2025

By the end of Música, you will walk away from the viewing experience not only blown away by the film’s visuals but deeply impressed by Mancuso’s talent as an artist.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 15, 2024

Música is a charming feature debut for filmmaker/star Rudy Mancuso, who conveys his synaesthesia through an engaging and impeccably crafted directorial style amidst a formulaic but engaging rom-com template.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2024

This is a masterful instance of delightful experimentation, all of which works... Mancuso has a natural charm and great star quality that completely justifies casting himself in this film.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 27, 2024

It’s a musical that eschews actual songs (save for a few brief numbers performed by a subway busker) and generates elaborate beats through extended dance sequences and montages of commonplace noises repurposed as something more harmonized.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 8, 2024

Manages to capture likability even if you’re overall not entirely sure that you liked it.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 20, 2024

Mancuso showcases his charm and charisma in his directorial debut, a lightly fictionalized romantic farce that lacks substance alongside its persistent whimsy.

| May 2, 2024

Life and love are like a song, and Música will have you falling in love with your toes tappin’ and knees slappin’.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | May 1, 2024

It brims with creativity...[but] if you get past its explosion of style...it starts to diminish rapidly.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 24, 2024

I absolutely loved this creative, whimsical, romantic look into a creative’s mind and heart.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 23, 2024

Música explores how surroundings and upbringing shape us, offering a view of the world through others' eyes.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 22, 2024

It uses its expect-the-unexpected idiom to an advantage that finds the truth in the ridiculous, and the ridiculous in the ordinary. . . and a vivid style that is both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 21, 2024

It's reminiscent of Stomp.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 18, 2024

A great calling card for Mancuso.

| Apr 17, 2024

“Música” might seem like it’s hitting beats we’ve grown accustomed to, but Mancuso’s sweet, soulful feature debut doesn’t follow in others’ footsteps. What a gem.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 17, 2024

A refreshingly original exploration of synesthesia and Brazilian diaspora culture, Música is an amusing and agreeable feature-length debut for quadruple-duty mastermind Mancuso.

| Apr 14, 2024

Sure, you'll have seen some elements before, but Mancuso's innate charm shines through.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 12, 2024

Música's plot is often predictable, but its magical realist flourishes never are, elevating the film from what could be another forgettable streaming rom-com to an exhilarating watch announcing an exciting new talent.

| Apr 11, 2024

Mancuso’s directorial debut Música is truly a breath of fresh air.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 11, 2024

I have no real awareness of Mancuso, who also wrote and directed this film, but the way he has chosen to let people in on how he sees life, which includes clever musical sequences, along with his penchant for puppet theater, is quite affecting.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 11, 2024