Music from Another Room (1998)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Charlie Peters

Writer (WGA):

Charlie Peters (written by)

Release Date:

12 November 1998 (Australia)

Genre:

Romance

Plot:

Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew...

Plot Keywords:

Fate | Love | Marriage | Gun | Blind Girl

Cast

Jude Law	...	Danny
Jennifer Tilly	...	Nina Swan
Gretchen Mol	...	Anna Swan
Martha Plimpton	...	Karen Swan
Brenda Blethyn	...	Grace Swan
Jon Tenney	...	Eric
Jeremy Piven	...	Billy Swan
Vincent Laresca	...	Jesus
Jane Adams	...	Irene
Bruce Jarchow	...	Richard
Kevin Kilner	...	Hank
Jan Rubes	...	Louis Klammer
Judith Malina	...	Clara Klammer
Hillary Matthews	...	Sarah
Caitlin Sarah Needham	...	Lily

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35524) | France:U | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Capella International

Trivia:

There are numerous references to the book "Anna Karenina". They include, but are not limited to: Anna going out to skate the first time she meets Danny, the lecherous brother, the final scene involving a train.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the scene when Anna runs in and up the stairs, her fiancée and brother (with a cast on his foot) are at the foot of the stairs. They try to stop Anna from going upstairs, and when she still goes up, her brother turns around and it is clearly visible on the back of his cast that it's a slip on (it looks like Velcro might be holding it together).

Quotes:

Danny: I thought you loved me.
Sarah: Really, what made you think that?
Danny: Probably when you said you loved me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Forever Mine (1999)

Soundtrack:

Bittersweet

Danny and the Swans

Not having a clue what this film was about, and without better things to watch, the title hooked us, as well as the cast. Then it started and frankly, the film is a far fetched story with characters and situations that don't ring true. The basic problem of the film is the script that writer/director Charlie Peters created as the basis of the movie.

The acting is uneven at best. Jude Law plays Danny who is in love with Anna, the young woman he helped bring into the world. We just don't believe Danny, the tile man, will come back to pursue Anna, at all. Gretchen Mol is somehow stiff with Anna, who appears as though she doesn't care about Danny and does everything to get him away. We don't believe, for a moment that Nina, the blind sister, played by Jennifer Tilly is real. Not only that, but that she is lured out of her world when she meets the loving Latino waiter at that seedy club doesn't make sense, besides, even if she can't see, her family surely would have objected to the situation. Brenda Blethyn, Jeremy Priven, Martha Plimpton, and especially the wonderful Jane Adams, don't have a thing to do.

Most comments in this forum refer it as cute, we could only add, to watch it at your own risk.