The Rehearsal

2016
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

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First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.

Director
- Alison Maclean
Writers
- Alison Maclean
- Emily Perkins
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

318

YOUR RATING

Director
- Alison Maclean
Writers
- Alison Maclean
- Emily Perkins
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 nominations

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The Rehearsal

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Trivia
The film's director Alison Maclean said of working on this picture: "It's thrilling to be working in New Zealand again, seeing it with fresh eyes. I'm just astounded by the calibre of the cast, and looking forward to bringing Eleanor's novel to life as a film."

Connections
Features The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

Soundtracks
Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz 2
(as Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2)
Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (as Shostakovich)

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Featured review

5/10

Acting out

So using real life events in your artistic work is not really new. Not involving the people who are affected is mean to say the least, but this movie has this as the template. And while it can be "fun" to watch at times (being sarcastic unless you are mean and love the misery of others), it does not hold enough juice for the whole run time.

Overall it's a decent movie, the acting is decent and the flow of the movie is nice too. Depending if you like dramas and how you feel about characters exposing their private life, keeping secrets, others exposing them ... you may like this.