This ain't no love story

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2011)

I had heard the song "Falling Slowly" after it won the Oscar for Original Song, and my mind was blown, but I didn't put much faith into the movie based on music. I waited until last week, March 2011, to see it, but I have now fallen madly in love with everything about it, right down to the musicians who aren't expected to act as well as these two did.
The movie is about an Irish busker who meets a girl from the Czech Rep. and they discover each other's talent for music, as they begin to write songs together. As they write these songs, we discover a wider understanding of how their relationship differs from so many other clichéd movies.
You look at the cover, and the first thing you think is a couple who meet and bond over music, and eventually strike up a sexual relationship. If you thought the first thing, you're spot on. If you agree with the statement after that then, my friend, you're at a major loss. This ain't no love story, this a story about music, which made it so much deeper than it should have been. We delve into the despair of both characters, and the life they reignite in themselves with every song they write together. In countless movies such as the likes of the recent "Country Strong", the movies use the musical part of it to waltz their way into the twisted love of so many of the characters, making the music become very secondary.
I'll tell you this much, if you're a Jason Mraz, Joshua Radin, Mumford & Sons kind of person, then this is the film for you, for sure.