best film I have seen all year

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2007)

I do not like giving 10's out and it is a rare movie that I do, but this was just perfect. The one criticism I might have is that the camera is too shaky sometimes, but I realized it was supposed to be that way. The music was perfect and I since I have been listening to the soundtrack for a few weeks it just made it better. The impact of the songs really hit home because I knew a lot of the lyrics and what they meant. It just made all the scene all the better. From the standpoint of a person who once wanted to be a musician this was amazing. If you have never sat around a 8-track player with a friend and created music this movie may not speak to those who have, but it still does not stop the movie from being amazing. Both of the leads were amazing and I was waiting to hear their names and I never did and I love that. From the opening scene which set the tune for the lightness of the film and the funny nature of it to the emotionally driven end that sent shivers down my back. I think the fact that the two leads are actually involved really allowed them to pull off some of the most powerful moments in the movie. The frames (that are straight from a Ingrid Bergman film) where the two faces were both in focus and the looks on their faces were priceless. Especially when it is a profile of the "girl" and the "guy" looking at her one could really feel the emotion. I won't even comment on the musical tag that this movie received, except that one cannot let the tag discourage anyone from seeing it. I was also impressed by the father son relationship that was really well developed in a very few short scenes that were well placed and interactions that one might have missed. The fact that the father brings in tea for everyone when they are rehearsing was a nice little touch and said a lot about the father which made their final scene together a little more special. I think the ending was perfect and I was smiling so hard and had shivers down my back. I really like those movies that keep redefining what love can mean for two different people and had music at the core of the relationship and it was perfect. I think I could keep talking about this film but I better go and review another movie.