Chill out, relax, and enjoy the story. Exactly the pill this doctor ordered.

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2008)

What we are really doing here is adding "comments", as the box is titled. We're not qualified critics. We all love to think of ourselves as arm-chair critics and consider the critique we leave as Gospel. Well it ain't.
When I sit down to a movie, it's not with a note book. We watch movies and read books, and listen to music to entertain ourselves. We pick the genre or style of what we experience on the premise that we like those forms, and there's a good chance of a couple of hours escape from the norm, from our own set of reality and our problems. That's a whole lot of weight to put on any form of entertainment. And all the wrong criteria for a bonified critic to work from. When we hate or love a movie we're expressing an emotion, not a critique. We're really 'commenting' on the fact that considering our mood, whatever distractions there were while watching, how far and how much help did this piece we're watching offer us in escaping our own set of problems, for a while, which let's face it exist in a world gone mad.
So I watched this on my computer. My pets were fed and settled down for the night. They were either cuddled in, or asleep in their favorite places. No-one rang. (Hey - I heard someone say 'No wonder!)I watched this movie, and let it take me away. I was looking for a story, and I found one. And since all fiction is based on the premise of how far you're willing to let yourself suspend reality in order to enjoy it, my mood, or emotional criteria, I brought to watching this film was just right for there and then.
So I'll comment that I loved it. The story, the people, the music, the ending, the whole fairy tale. It gave me something I needed and filled the void I'd slotted it into with a light-hearted tale of music magic and happy endings.
Next time maybe I'll be criticizing this or that. But I'll try to remember what reading all these comments has reminded me of this time. That a lot of it is responding to things I disagree with that other commender's have written. This time, I'll leave it.
Thanks to all involved in this picture. I truly enjoyed it and you all did a wonderful job.