A young jazz collector (Culkin) plots to rob his wealthy grandmother (Peil) of a rare 78 record, but his plan is derailed when his accomplice (Sheehan) falls for the glamorous matriarch.

What do the critics say?

Based on 5 The Song of Sway Lake Cinema reviews, The Song of Sway Lake gets an average Cinema review score of 52. The score for all versions is 52 based on a total of 10 reviews.

70/100

www.nytimes.comCinema

The film seems unclear on how to unpack all its baggage, but the sense of detail and place carry the day.

2048d ago

2/4

www.rogerebert.comCinema

This movie is suffused with golden and near-emerald hues, from its very beginning. There’s an idyllic skinny-dipping scene, set, the viewer will infer, in Sway Lake. And the bea...

2048d ago

2/4

www.slantmagazine.comCinema

The Song of Sway Lake plays like several disparate melodies overlapping one another, at times quite beautiful to look at but too incohesive to form an authentic and coherent whole.

2048d ago