The High Note

« Unfortunately, perhaps in part to Maggie's inconsistencies, Johnson's performance is a bit uneven. »

« The Nisha Ganatra film bounces around like a musical artist determined to show off the whole repertoire in the course of a few songs. »

« Dakota Johnson plays a personal assistant and Tracee Ellis Ross is the pop diva she works for in a movie that can't decide if it's a behind-the-music-industry drama or a go-for-your-dream fairy tale. »

« Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson play a singer and her personal assistant in this missed-opportunity showbiz story. »

« Theresa Guleserian's production design and Jenny Eagan's costumes mix up high and low L.A. style to pleasing effect (...). »

« Overall, THE HIGH NOTE is decent but nowhere near as good as one feels it should have been or could have been (...). »