Upon second watch......

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2019)

I saw this film a few months after it came out...and really enjoyed it.
Just caught it again on TV tonight, and I really think it's a great film.
Yes it's (to quote other reviews) cheesy in plenty of places, schmaltzy in others....but it is for all the right reasons. There's a 'for the love of Hollywood cinema' about the story, and where it is set. It is unashamed in that regard, and that works for me.
To have too many films of the same theme or take on cinema that this has, would quickly run out of steam, but as it sits alone, and is unique enough, makes it all the more of a gem.
The criticism in the IMDB reviews is often a little too harsh (each to their own), but this film does require you to want to 'believe' in it and get swept along, to really get the most from it.
Great film, that can even be watched again and again in the future.