This is kind of movie that gives you a smile

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2015)

The movie 'Begin Again' is an American musical comedy drama released in 2013. John Carney who had a huge success through the movie 'Once' directed and wrote the whole movie. The story was partly inspired by his own experiences as a musician in a band. Adam Levine of Maroon5,Keira Knightly and Mark Ruffalo are the leading actors. They began filming in July 2012 in various locations around New York City. It is a great movie showing the beauty of the city with music.
An independent songwriter 'Gretta James'(Keira Knightly) moves to New York because her boyfriend 'Dave Kohl'(Adam Levine) gets a contract with a major music company. However, Gretta gets dumped by her boyfriend so she moves out right away. Later on a formerly successful record label executive 'Dan Mulligan'(Mark Ruffalo) being fired from his job encounters Gretta in a bar and asks her to make an album with him. They produce a street band and start singing and recording in the streets of the city to make their own album together.
Begin Again was filmed in several locations that show the distinct characteristics of New York;By the lake of Central Park, a rooftop overlooking the Empire state building, China town, and the subway. The city is like a huge character of this movie. Every time the band starts playing music in the street, a number of the camera angles shows various scenery of the city that you couldn't have seen anywhere from other movies. It includes the realistic sounds of the field, so it gives an impression of traveling through the city. John Carney elaborately made an effort to show the beauty of New York so he actually traveled the city to decide where to do the filming. Also, the soundtrack of the movie is great. As the director is famous for his previous music drama, he portrays love and the feelings of the characters through music. All the songs are very appealing and were very popular for a long time.
New York is known as a big dreary city but in this movie it changes to a very peaceful place through the music. The music stuck in my head so I couldn't get over the warm feeling that comes from the movie. This is the kind of movie that gives you a smile and puts you in a good mood.