An Annoying Film

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 1999)

This was a particularly vexing film to watch. Here is a frustrated young composer who doesn't have the gumption to make a commitment to his craft, and sheepishly takes a job as a high school music teacher, just to "have something to fall back on." It's certainly depressing to see his character waist his life engaging in a second-choice activity, for fear of taking the necessary professional plunge and pursuing his dream. So he toils away for years until he's ready to retire--then he's rewarded with a cheering assembly full of high schoolers and treated to a performance of a musical composition he wrote (though we've seldom seen him working at his craft). Not that the piece is remarkable, just percussive, brassy and rhythmic. Talk about a downer film experience!