Chloe (in bed with Nate for the first time): Play something on me. Nate (in a raspy, dry, even irritated voice): Like what?
If you have just taken the girl you love, or at least, are falling in love with, to bed for the first time, how unbelievably unpredictable can you be? And so, that's the thing with this movie: everything you think is predictable, is not. And everything you thought unpredictable, suddenly is.
Like the cheesy way the movie begins. Nate is in a board meeting discussing some heavy stock investments. Sudden change of scene: he goes to this bar which happens to belong to a friend of his, listens to some singing, pays no attention to Chloe working as a cloak girl, then arrives home, and immediately sits to play the piano and sing. Chloe walks under his window, hears the singing, follows suit, and disappears. Nate runs downstairs to see who it is, sees nothing, but next day he spots a small gem stone which had fallen on the ground. Next day, bingo!, yahtzee!, he 'magically' traces the stone to Chloe in the bar.
Oh! so now it happens she sings, he plays! Well, a match made in heaven! She is in love with someone else, but they still practice and sing together each night at Nate's place. Each time she's verbally bashing on him about his cold, black and white opinions and statements, he argues back, a night or two later (whapididooo!) they're kissing. At one point I got the impression the Director was trying to hurry the plot along, the next, I'm wondering where this is all going. This is neither a musical, nor a romantic flick. It does poorly in both.
Amy Adams and Harriet Sansom Harris, IMHO, saved this movie. Both ladies deliver well. Harriet did very well as Vince's friend and assistant - I loved her upbeat style that makes you feel a winner. Vince looked like he was cut out more for a gangster/mobster role. He wasn't believable either as a musician or a stock broker. He may be the son of acting legacies, but he's got some serious work to do. I felt, sadly, that the poor acting in general did not help Amy's part, but opaqued it, rather.
Not worth more than 5, and even that is generous.
There is an error on the cast list: Anderson is Nate, not Vince.
Plot in general: A jazz musician performs alongside a coat check girl with a beautiful voice in this musical drama from director Giancarlo Tallarico. By day Nate earns his living as a financial manager, but when night falls, he helps the girl with her singing career at the jazz club, where she performs one night a week. In time, though from different worlds, both realize they share something special other than their passion for singing.
If you have just taken the girl you love, or at least, are falling in love with, to bed for the first time, how unbelievably unpredictable can you be? And so, that's the thing with this movie: everything you think is predictable, is not. And everything you thought unpredictable, suddenly is.
Like the cheesy way the movie begins. Nate is in a board meeting discussing some heavy stock investments. Sudden change of scene: he goes to this bar which happens to belong to a friend of his, listens to some singing, pays no attention to Chloe working as a cloak girl, then arrives home, and immediately sits to play the piano and sing. Chloe walks under his window, hears the singing, follows suit, and disappears. Nate runs downstairs to see who it is, sees nothing, but next day he spots a small gem stone which had fallen on the ground. Next day, bingo!, yahtzee!, he 'magically' traces the stone to Chloe in the bar.
Oh! so now it happens she sings, he plays! Well, a match made in heaven! She is in love with someone else, but they still practice and sing together each night at Nate's place. Each time she's verbally bashing on him about his cold, black and white opinions and statements, he argues back, a night or two later (whapididooo!) they're kissing. At one point I got the impression the Director was trying to hurry the plot along, the next, I'm wondering where this is all going. This is neither a musical, nor a romantic flick. It does poorly in both.
Amy Adams and Harriet Sansom Harris, IMHO, saved this movie. Both ladies deliver well. Harriet did very well as Vince's friend and assistant - I loved her upbeat style that makes you feel a winner. Vince looked like he was cut out more for a gangster/mobster role. He wasn't believable either as a musician or a stock broker. He may be the son of acting legacies, but he's got some serious work to do. I felt, sadly, that the poor acting in general did not help Amy's part, but opaqued it, rather.
Not worth more than 5, and even that is generous.
There is an error on the cast list: Anderson is Nate, not Vince.
Plot in general: A jazz musician performs alongside a coat check girl with a beautiful voice in this musical drama from director Giancarlo Tallarico. By day Nate earns his living as a financial manager, but when night falls, he helps the girl with her singing career at the jazz club, where she performs one night a week. In time, though from different worlds, both realize they share something special other than their passion for singing.