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12/04/07
The Tic Code (2000)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 20 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus:
Though the story is conventional, it's nonetheless sympathetic and credible.
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: The Tic Code tells the story of Miles, an extraordinary gifted twelve year-old who lives with his single mother, Laura, and shares a fierce love of jazz with his best friend Todd. Miles is distinguished for his musical brilliance yet also set apart by a neurological disorder. He must cope with... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Gregory Hines, Christopher George Marquette, Polly Draper, Carol Kane, Camryn Manheim
Director: Gary Winick
Producer: Polly Draper, Karen Tangorra, Michael Wolff
Screenwriter: Polly Draper
Composer: Michael Wolff
Producer: Polly Draper, Karen Tangorra, Michael Wolff
Screenwriter: Polly Draper
Composer: Michael Wolff
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06/05/02
Ultimately, it's Wolff who saves the day by supplying the challenging music that sets the tone for Hines and Marquette's soul-searching.
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If it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.
01/01/00
What makes the film engaging are the performances ... appealing secondary characters ... and occasional interventions into its soap operatic formula.
01/01/00
A fairly satisfying small-scale drama with some fine musical sidelights.
01/01/00
For me, it's just a little too restrained, with too many false notes.
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01/01/00
Raising it above the usual clichés are the superb jazz music and a sparkling script by lead actress Polly Draper.
01/01/00
Delightfully unsentimental, yet uplifting, and while spinning its wholly credible tale gives its audience quite a bit of knowledge and understanding about kids, an unusual disease, and the universe of jazz musicians.
01/01/00
The Tic Code is the summer's surprise gift, a loving and humane film that rises above the season's overhyped blockbusters like a flower poking up through the concrete.
01/01/00
It's got more genuine-seeming feelings and a more accurate take on its particular corner of the world than a colosseum of summer blockbusters.
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