What happened? What took me so long to see some of the best films of 2007? I am extremely angry that i slept on this film because i only have one word to describe this film; beautiful. From the music, to the directing to the acting. Just amazing.
This is a musical, there is no doubt in my mind its a musical, it tells the story of two people in Ireland, the guy (who has no name) a broken hearted singer/songerwriter/hoover fixer and the girl a Czech immigrant who is trained on classical piano. It follows their meeting and the band they put together and share their love stories. The music is the selling point on this film, most of it was written mainly by the actor who played Guy, Glen Hansard who is in the Irish band The Frames. The music is very well composed acoustic / folk / indie with well thought out lyrics about heartbreak. Glen Hansard's music and lyrics are very powerful and his performance shows it too. I fell in love with the music, especially the beginning with the song "Say It To Me Now", they really portray the raw power of his singing.
This movie was shot for only $160,000, it feels like it was shot from the streets and has a down to earth feel to it and a very documentary style to it. This is how a musical should be in my opinion, its not hokey, or cheesy, its modern, its very relateable and just well done all around.
I can really see why this movie was on peoples best of 2007 lists, this would have been on mine, no doubt if i saw it in 2007. I am in shock on how many good movies ive had the chance to see lately.
9/10
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