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Marcos L @Mudskipper Feb 5, 2026 If I had known the 3rd act reveal ahead of time as Variety’s critic suggested, I never would have watched it. Strong shoulders carried this film to us and I’m grateful for their work. See more Mike M @RT09645912 Jul 10, 2025 Touching and very well acted with the " Twist" coming halfway through and making the movie even more poignant. Great performances from Crudup, Yelchin, Huffman , Fishburne even Macy himself low key as it is. Musician Ben Kweller adds legitimacy to the live shows in the film. Very well directed initial effort by Macy and a look at a different side of a tragic event. See more Patty H @RT85799641 Jan 13, 2025 This movie is surprisingly touching, heartbreaking, and revealing of the best and worst of human nature. I shocked that it didn’t get nominated for many awards. The performances are complex, moving, and touching, and the storyline will throw you for a loop at the end. The songs are all excellent. Overall, the movie will leave you pondering a lot, at least it did for me. See more Daniel G @DanielGodoy Jan 27, 2024 Totally absorbing drama, with some great rock music, realistic protagonists and a wrenching ethical issue that's brilliantly touched upon in the last scene. See more edgar p @RT73265833 Sep 22, 2023 Probably one of the best film i watched.. the critics are paid or just plain stupid! See more isla s @RT89656869 Sep 3, 2022 I thought this was quite a good film, covering the theme of male (or parental) grief, although it is by no means overly sentimental or sweet, yet I did feel it was a bit touching at times. I thought Billy Crudup did well in portraying the father, Sam, clearly struggling to figure out how to move forward after losing his son - the way he used his voice to speak the thoughts of his late son through the lyrics he discovers. Some of the songs were amusing or thoughtful and I enjoyed the scenes in which the songs were played in public - they were quite buzzing. Its quite a good film at making you think of how you can express yourself (or close relatives) through music, To be critical, a part of me felt like perhaps more emphasis should, or could, have been put on Sams son, on learning more about his life but then I suppose its meant to be more about Sam than about his son. It is a good film, a decent music related drama but I didn't feel it was especially brilliant so as to deserve a 5 star rating. I can't quite put my finger on what didn't work for it not to get the higher rating, perhaps other than a lack of context maybe (and perhaps the ending was a little cheesy) but I did feel it was quite a good film regardless, so I'd recommend it on that basis. See more Read all reviews

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