The Tic Code
The Tic Code

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- 67/100 based on 476 votes
  • Released: 1998
  • Runtime: 91 mins
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  • Studio: Lions Gate Films
  • Genres: Drama

A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Tic Code:

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Polly Draper
Gregory Hines
Carol Kane
Desmond Robertson
Bill Nunn

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A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.

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Film.com - 9/10 by Tom KeoghDirector Gary Winick ("Sweet Nothing") ingeniously complements Draper's layered approach by modulating the film's energy in fascinating ways.
New York Post - 8/10 by Hannah BrownSounds bleak, but turns out to be an absorbing and lively film.
Entertainment Weekly - 8/10 by Owen GleibermanBadly lit and at times, awkwardly inspirational, yet there's real feeling in it, especially when the movie suggests that Tourette's syndrome is every bit as pure an expression of the spirit as it is a ''disorder.''
New York Daily News - 8/10 by Jack MathewsHas the schematic feel of a disease-of-the-week TV movie, but the connections made between jazz and the minds that produce it turns the film into something much more intimate and compelling.
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10 by Bob GrahamIf it seems to have the ingredients of an after-school special, the performances take it to another level. Gut level.
Portland Oregonian - 8/10 by Shawn LevyThe little film is made uniquely engaging by the performance of its young star, Chris Marquette.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Kevin ThomasStarts out self-consciously but gets better as it goes along, winding up as affecting as it is illuminating.
Chicago Reader - 7/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumI value the flawed Tic Code over a good many relatively flawless features because it has more heart, more life, and more spunk.
Village Voice - 6/10 by Amy TaubinA sympathetic but conventional disease-of-the-week movie.
Baltimore Sun - 6/10 by Chris KaltenbachLaura's histrionics sometimes seem forced, and Hines has to struggle to be the heel the screenplay sometimes asks him to be.

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