The Marching Band Review: Brothers From Opposite Worlds Are United by Music in a Finely Tuned French Crowdpleaser The latest crop of crowd pleasing French films has a way of tugging at heartstrings, but "The Marching Band" stands out for its nuanced portrayal of class and social inequality.
Director Emmanuel Courcol's finely tuned feature navigates some treacherous terrain with an economy of means that is all the more impressive given its scope.
At first glance, this mismatched buddy movie between a classical conductor and his working class brother seems like a formulaic exercise in sentimentality.