Did I see the same movie you guys did? It was BORING

Rating: 2/10 (25 June 2007)

First of all, I'm a big fan of indie film and music, especially the variety played by Glen Hansard's band The Frames, so I was looking forward to this going in. The music does not disappoint and is quite nice. As a vehicle for showing off Glen's writing skills, this film works.
As a story, however, the film is a total snoozefest. Nothing - and I mean nothing - happens. There are no conflicts, no heroic actions, nothing, nada, zilch. Plus, while I liked listening to the songs, it wasn't necessary to have the same song played over and over and over.
As much as I wanted to like this, in the end, it just didn't have enough going for it. I notice a lot of the reviews are from Sundance festival goers. Maybe in the context of the Sundance festival, this qualified a diamond in the rough, but even by indie film standards, I found it lacking in substance.
***SPOILER WARNING*** The reviews lead you to believe it's a "boy meets girl" type of love story but THEY NEVER EVEN KISS and they don't end up together in the end. Plus, wasn't it a tad unrealistic for them to walk into a bank, play a demo for a banker on a cassette player and walk out with money to rent a recording studio for a weekend?