Stirring. A magical, non-medical story of healing.
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
Gloriously inspirational.
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
The Bottom Line - A gloriously inspirational film documenting music’s healing power in Alzheimer patients.
– Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter
The results are astounding.
– Steve Greene, Indiewire
An affecting look at a growing therapeutic cause.
– Steve Greene, Indiewire
A wonder to experience
– Sam Fragoso, RogerEbert.com
It's as transformative as the music itself.
– Sam Fragoso, RogerEbert.com
Moving and groundbreaking. The film far exceeded what I'd imagined.
– Debbie Cerda, Slackerwood
A ‘must-see’ and a ‘must-share’
– Debbie Cerda, Slackerwood
Sometimes, you have to see it to believe it.
– Rheana Murray, New York Daily News
Alive Inside is a pitch-perfect documentary that brilliantly explores the transformational effects of music on elders with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
– Adam Leipzig, Cultural Weekly
Music has an unmatched power to bring back our pasts.
– Kim Painter, USA Today
Alive Inside' illustrates music's joyous power for dementia patients.
– Susan King, The Los Angeles Times
In a world drowning in bad news about dementia…'Alive Inside' is positively tonic.
– Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
Rossato-Bennett hopes Alive Inside encourages more of the country's 16,000 nursing homes to embrace headphones and personalized music as an alternative to pharmaceutical treatments.
– Hugh Hart, Fast Company
Many of the subjects show deep emotional resonance to the music.
– Eric Kelsey, Reuters
Dan Cohen is the gifted and passionately committed man who transforms the lives of people with dementia and other severely debilitating diseases.
– Nell Minow, Beliefnet
The transformation in emotion, awareness and memory shown in these elderly patients may leave viewers incredulous...
– Annie Sneed, Scientific American
In segment after segment, people with Alzheimer's and other conditions don the headphones, hear the music of their youths and light up.
– Kim Painter, USA Today
Absolutely joyous.
– Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Moving and even haunting at times...
– Mary Jacobs, Dallas Morning News
It isn't news that musical therapy can produce striking results, but rarely have those good effects been as movingly illustrated as in 'Alive Inside.'
– Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
You’d have to have a heart of stone and bricks for ears not to be moved by the sight of Henry when the music hits him.
– Geoff Pevere, The Globe and Mail
Alive Inside packs as potent a simple emotional wallop as anything you’ll see – or hear – anywhere this year.
– Geoff Pevere, The Globe and Mail
One of the most important documentaries of the year.
– Nikola Grozdanovic, The Playlist
