Wonderful Family Film

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2010)

I took my 13 year old daughter to see this film. She had read the book, I had not. She did not tell me anything about the characters or plot. I was expecting to see a mediocre move with song and dance. I was totally wrong. The movie was FAR from mediocre. It was EXCELLENT!
This was a very warm and touching family film. When it was over I was already thinking how much I would like to see it again. For me, as a father, the most touching scene (out of many) was the final scene in which Ronnie has packed up all her father's possessions including his old, damaged piano, and is towing the piano out of town in a small trailer. The piano has little if any financial worth, but it is the piano she and her father played and wrote music on. It is priceless to her. After leaving the theater I felt wanting to spend more time with my own lovely daughter, Veronica.