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Title: Wretched, amateurish. Save your money.
Review: If you have the slightest feeling for classical music, you will want to stay as far away from this film as you can get. Keitel's ranting sweeps everything before it, his Philistinism, bullying, and utter stupidity are painful to watch, and completely gratuitous--or would be if "Taking Sides" were not such an abyss. No important musical, philosophical or political question is raised except in an irritating and dumbed-down version that wouldn't pass muster on the Rush Limbaugh show. Decent performances by others and one or two good scenes just make it worse. Save your money--this is AWFUL!PS: If you must buy "Taking Sides" anyway, do me a favor, OK? Wait till you watch the movie before hitting that "Not Helpful" button. You'll be looking for the "Wish We'd Taken His Advice" button, mark my words.
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