Star: Daniel Rojas
This film was an official selection at the Phoenix Film Festival in Phoenix in 2012. Here's an index to my reviews of 2012 films. |
I really enjoyed this film, which feels vaguely like City Lights as reimagined by Daniel Clowes. It's not the sort of movie that can be analysed, because it relies less on technical aspects and more on a spontaneous feel on which the whole thing succeeds or fails. Quirky romance is like music: the best technique in the world won't make up for lack of soul, but this one feels pretty soulful, perhaps mostly aided by the score by Michael Markowski. When Shakespeare wrote 'if music be the food of love, play on', he would only have been more right if he'd understood the dynamics of silent movies. The score is the other place this could have died horribly, but Markowski does a very capable job. You're not going to learn anything here: it isn't that there's no deep meaning, it's just that you've already heard it all in Can't Buy Me Love and You Can't Always Get What You Want. What you'll get from this is a fun little diversion, a great midpoint in a short movie set.
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