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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAn extraordinarily intimate, deeply affecting and revelatory documentary on how pain and passion can come together in a creative artist.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIf it doesn't shed much light on the violinist's personal life, it certainly conveys how personally she relates to her work.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannHolds our attention by dispensing information gradually, like a piece of fiction.
- 63New York PostNew York PostThe movie isn't bad, only scattered and incomplete.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenDraws a curtain over her intimate personal life.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh(Salerno-Sonnenberg's) determination and resilience should speak to a broader audience.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerWhat mystifies, too, is the complete absence of information about Salerno-Sonnenberg's private life.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe less you know about the world of classical music and, specifically, about one of its more flamboyant denizens, the violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, the less the offense of Speaking in Strings.
- 30Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorConveys little sense of a connection, as if di Florio had made it mainly because she had access to a celebrity.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceA clumsy labor of love with unforgivable lapses...key footage is missing, and it fails to show why Salerno-Sonnenberg's controversial interpretations are so original and valid.