My Own Love Song (2010)

A wheelchair-bound former singer and her best friend embark on a road trip from Kansas to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Director:

Olivier Dahan

Writer:

Olivier Dahan

Stars:

Renée Zellweger, Madeline Zima, Forest Whitaker

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Renée Zellweger	...	Jane
Forest Whitaker	...	Joey
Madeline Zima	...	Billie
Nick Nolte	...	Caldwell
Chandler Frantz	...	Devon
Elias Koteas	...	Dean
Annie Parisse	...	Nora
Julia Lashae	...	Suzie
Bill Ladd	...	Ben
Tim Parati	...	Chris
Del Pentecost	...	Dale
Prudence Wright Holmes	...	Cinder Box
Don Sparks	...	Iceman Jim
Joe Forbrich	...	Allan
John Henry Cox	...	Boss

Storyline

Jane is a woman who is hiding from life after an accident leaves her wheelchair-bound. Joey is her friend who speaks to ghosts and angels no one else can see or hear. When he reads in the newspaper that his favorite author will be speaking in New Orleans, he convinces Jean to go with him. Along the way, they meet up with Billie, a young woman in search of her missing husband. The travelers have many obstacles in their path. They meet many different "angels" and "devils" along the way. Will they make it in time for the most important gig of Jane's life?

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Plot Keywords:

wheelchair | angel | singer | new orleans louisiana | road trip | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language and brief drug and sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

A Minha Canção de Amor

Filming Locations:

Kansas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Légende Films,Od Shots,Studio 37

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS-Stereo SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: Harry Potter y las Pelis que no conocía ni Dios (2011)

User Reviews

Strong cast; weak story

You've read the story in these critiques. It's a road movie about a small group of damaged characters in search of some undefined salvation in the form of a huckster who claims that angels exist. The Forrest Whitaker character, Joey, bothered me the most. The slow-witted crazy man with a heart of gold, who takes care of the paraplegic singer played by Renee Zellweger. The character is a movie cliché, straight out of Of Mice And Men, and Whitaker didn't bring anything new to it. Is he schizophrenic and off his meds? Is he bipolar and off his meds? Whatever, he only shows up in movies, not in real life. At one point, late in the story, there is a diversion into the "legend" of Robert Johnson losing his soul at the Crossroads in exchange for a supernatural ability on the guitar. Then: on to something else. It goes nowhere. What was the point? Is our little band of characters somehow like Robert Johnson? Apparently not, because the next sequence is a high-speed car chase down highway 61. There were some nice moments, but they were poorly strung together.