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Fans of the Grammy-winning musician will revel in the proximity to their idol, though second pic from talented helmer Thomas Riedelsheimer plays a tad long to those unfamiliar with his, or her, work.
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The film's discretion short-circuits any impulse we might have to regard Glennie as a handicapped person who has “overcome.” Instead, we're led to experience her life as she does - as an adventure in which setbacks are not challenges, but illuminations of untracked paths.
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New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
The result is a feast for the senses.
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Innovative sounds and striking visuals combine to form an exquisite cinematic work.
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Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
A potent and imaginative creative biography of virtuoso percussionist Glennie.
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It's rare that a documentary conveys an artist's worldview so compellingly, but then Glennie is no ordinary musician.
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May be too heady to take in one sitting. Even given relatively calm passages-like a hushed tour through the courtyard of a Scottish castle or a mediation on ripples in a pond-there's just too much to absorb.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
Touch the Sound is at least as inspiring and in some ways more rewarding, thought-provoking and subtly visceral.
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The New York Times by Stephen Holden
This is synergy of a high order.
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Call this a profile in courage.