Impossibly Wonderful: 18/10. Really!

Rating: 10/10 (2 June 2007)

If this were just a movie about a gifted young musician getting his career started, with no deep feelings, no romance, it would rate 9/10 or 10/10. Every detail is nailed, nothing is clichéd, and the music is extraordinary.
If this were just a romantic drama / comedy without music, it would rate 9/10. It would make a terrific double bill with _Before Sunset_, in fact. Like that film, there's not much to the story, but it's substantial nonetheless (especially emotionally) and it plays out unpredictably and true to life rather than following movie formula.
It is, however, both of these things simultaneously, the two aspects not just seamlessly integrated but, in fact, one and the same.
It's really pretty miraculous: a movie that moved me to tears and made me dance in my seat. It may do the same for you!