Tom's Guide Verdict
- Rating: 2/5 stars
- Verdict: "The Choral" gets a point for having potential and a point for having Ralph Fiennes. However, this movie tries to strike a delicate balance between star-driven drama and coming-of-age ensemble historical fiction, which sadly, causes it to largely fail on both fronts.
"The Choral" was almost certainly doomed to be merely the second-best Ralph Fiennes performance that you could see in U.S. theaters this January. While portraying a 1916 English choir master feels right up the alley for the British thespian, "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple," was destined to be the more memorable of these two movies, barring an epic flop. Especially, since early reviews for 'The Choral' were largely mixed; though most praised Fiennes' performance, to be fair.
