Like the main character, it's stodgy and didactic -- and full of grace and surprises.

| Apr 24, 2012

Songcatcher unfolds at a leisurely but enjoyable pace, its dramatic contrivances never pushed too hard by director Maggie Greenwald.

Full Review | Mar 27, 2009

Buy the soundtrack. Skip the film.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Mar 10, 2003

No matter how purely sung, the music keeps getting lost in the melodrama.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 12, 2001

Tall, big-boned Janet McTeer ... is the ideal actress to play Lily Penleric.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 2, 2001

A beautifully crafted story about a time and place rarely captured on film.

| Jul 16, 2001

There are several transfixing musical moments.

Full Review | Jul 12, 2001

Pays sweet tribute to the folk music of Appalachia.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2001

It's powerful and powerfully musical.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 6, 2001

A pleasingly solid period drama.

Full Review | Jul 6, 2001

Your enjoyment of the Songcatcher will pretty much depend on your predisposition to like it.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2001

Begins with noble intentions before getting sidetracked by a sappy storyline.

| Jun 29, 2001

As captivating as it is earnest and off-beat.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2001

Perhaps too laden with messages for its own good, but it has many moments of musical beauty.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2001

Filled with an infectious love for the region's songs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 28, 2001

An assured period piece and an entertaining exploration of the origins of folk music in America.

Full Review | Jun 28, 2001

There are mountain tunes as powerful as moonshine to be enjoyed in Songcatcher.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 28, 2001

McTeer reaches for grand effects even when her characters are small-time.

Full Review | Jun 25, 2001

The story plays like a giant clich.

| Jun 22, 2001

As good as the acting is, it's music that propels this story of life cloistered in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 16, 2001