Mrs Carey's Concert

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 8 reviews.{{cite web|title=Mrs Carey's Concert|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mrs_careys_concert_2011|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|accessdate=5 April 2024}}

Mrs Carey's Concert made $1.6 million at the box office making it at the time the fourth highest grossing Australian documentary ever.{{Citation | last= Strickland | first= Katrina | title= Franchises shine in year of the dog | url = | periodical= The Australian Financial Review | date= 23 January 2012}}

David Stratton for The Australian gave it 4 1/2 stars. He writes "This beautifully made film is inspirational in its positive depiction of the education process, the hard work and dedication of students and teachers alike, and in an event that surely will have a permanent impact on all the girls involved."{{Citation | last= Stratton | first= David | title= Music and discipline | url = | periodical= The Australian| date= 30 April 2011}} Writing in The Age, Jake Wilson gave it 4/5 saying it "transcends its 'inspirational' format to rank as the best Australian film so far this year."{{Citation | last= Wilson | first= Jake | title= Once more with feeling | url = | periodical= The Age | date= 30 April 2011}} SBS's Don Groves gave it 3 1/2 stars noting "The result is an illuminating, fly-on-wall study of the struggles, hard work, personal dramas, tears and triumphs involved in the challenging project."{{Citation | last= Groves| first= Don | title= Doco shows how music can transform troubled kids. | url = https://www.sbs.com.au/films/In_Cinemas/movie/10807/Mrs.-Carey%27s-Concert- | periodical= SBS| date= 3 June 2011}} Ben McEachen of the Herald Sun gave it 3 1/2 stars and states "Connolly and Raymond provide such a sound overview of the rehearsal process that, by The Big Night, you will be suitably appreciative of what Carey, her staff and students have achieved."{{Citation | last= McEachen| first= Ben | title= Directors hit the right note | url = | periodical= The Herald Sun | date= 1 May 2011}} Leigh Paatsch, also of the Herald Sun, gave it 2 stars finishing "To be perfectly fair, Mrs Carey's Concert is a well-intentioned film about a small part of our much-maligned education sector working as it should. To be absolutely honest, Mrs Carey's Concert is a bland, dull and curiously impersonal experience."{{Citation | last= Paatsch| first= Leigh | title= It is just a stage they're going through | url = | periodical= The Herald Sun | date= 5 May 2011}}

• 1st AACTA Awards
• Best Feature Length Documentary - Bob Connolly, Helen Panckhurst and Sophie Raymond - won{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Don McAlpine receives standing ovation | url = https://www.9news.com.au/national/don-mcalpine-receives-standing-ovation/17b51b01-c229-4267-84c6-dac41882a8a4 | periodical= 9 News | date= 15 January 2012}}
• Best Direction in a Documentary - Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond - won

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Category:2011 films

Category:2011 documentary films

Category:Australian documentary films

Category:2010s English-language films

Category:English-language documentary films