THE CHORAL is the story of a choral society in a small village in England in 1916 trying to put together a performance when all the men are off to war. It’s a film that looks at life on the home front as villages try to get by when all of the men are gone and no one is around to do the jobs (classes are canceled because teachers have gone to war).
Directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Bannett this should have been a home run, especially with Ralph Finnes in the lead. Unfortunately, this isn’t anything special. While far from bad the film plays more like a run of the mill episode of Masterpiece Theater. It’s a film that moves by the numbers rather than with any real passion.
I drifted off. Yes I stayed to the end, hoping that something moving would happen, but it never did.
While its worth a look, I’d wait for a streaming release.
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