Begin Again?

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2015)

This might have hit me better at another point of my life, but, seriously? Sexiest Man Alive, Adam Levine, is a complete stereotypical music, artist, whatever. Why is it that writers believe this character is new? We've all seen him before. As for Keira Knightly, could we just not? I'll believe she's a lyricist just about when I start believing she was actually a factually based character on Titanic. The role would have been better acted by anyone else. ANYONE else. The ONLY redeeming factor is the acting by the talented Mark Ruffalo. He plays a believable, although again, stereotypical, down n out music exec. Drunk on his past success and with something to prove. His visualization of Knightley's song, in the bar is cinematic gold. Who cares if it's so poorly shot that you can see the arms holding the sticks. CeeLo Greene 's "free-style",off the cuff riff was cute, but out of place. CeeLo, the Yoda of music. All in all, a story that's been told, over and over. Nothing to see here. Unless you have a desire to see Adam with a bad hair cut and mustache. No reason to Begin Again.