Strike up the band
Catch up with "The Band's Visit" (⋆⋆⋆½, on Amazon, iTunes and Vudu), the 2007 film that inspired last Sunday's Tony Awards winner. Sharply observed, it's built on a small conceit: Egyptian police musicians are stranded in a backwater Israeli town and cross-cultural friendships grow like seedlings in a Dixie cup. This low-stakes affair succeeds on the strength of its unsentimental tenderness, with a flair for visual comedy that softens its message- mongering about our fundamental humanity.
COLIN COVERT
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