Genre: Drama/Biography
Director: Jean-Marc Vallee
Writer: Ann Morrow
Cast: Christina Hendricks, Michael Sheen, Ben Kingsley, Jason Bateman, John Carroll Lynch, Maggie Gyllenhaal, January Jones, Jason Patric, Jean Reno, Xavier Dolan
Budget: $25,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $23,902,731
Foreign Box Office: $30,322,916
Total Profit: -$9,749,213
Reaction: A biopic of this nature was always a risky proposition, but we believed the film could be a success. Unfortunately, not enough audience members were willing to tune into.
"Just when it seems like Decrescendo is about to fall into the traps of the standard biopic, it throws the audience a curveball into a darker, less obvious territory." - Perry Manson, CinemaBlend.com
"Biographies live or die based on how interesting their subject is. While Alys Robi is not very well-known outside of Canada these days, she makes for an interesting character study, and Christina Hendricks is up for the challenge of bringing her to life on the big screen." - Janet Donnelly, Empire Magazine
"Given the cast and crew on this one, I was a bit disappointed by how standard the film felt. It does not stray far enough away from the standard Hollywood biopic formula." - Chris Mears, Slashfilm
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