Singing in the gray

Rating: 6/10 (12 April 2008)

This is one of the oldest film concepts and it will live forever. Poor guy meets poor girl and they start as friends, but something develops. Tracy/Hepburn did that, if someone has forgotten.
But this is made in a charming way and Glen Hansard makes much more of his character than you expect from a movie like this.
The lines are often sung and there are also long cuts. This is on the limit of being a musical, but the people are real. But the plot is too traditional and it's like the script doesn't have the guts to tell something important. It doesn't even try and therefore this film will be forgotten. Which is somewhat a pity.