I had high hopes for this movie. It just looked so “feel good.” That’s probably why I was disappointed with it. The cast was promising touting big names like Robin Williams, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, and the talented Freddie Highmore. It also looked like it could be good like the popular indie flick Once.
I think the hardest aspect for me to buy in to was the magical realism portrayed in the story. You have a very musically talented man and woman who fall in love and “make a baby” one fateful night. The girl’s father decides she doesn’t need a child because she has her career as a cheloist. So the baby boy is given up for adoption and has been living in an orphanage. So one day the boy is exposed to music and he turns into Mozart on steroids. He believes the music he creates will bring his parents back together and reunite them as a family. That’s what made me roll my eyes at this movie.
Performances were ok. Everything seems very much like a Charles Dickens’ story. Highmore did pretty well and the music was interesting. You have to remember though, that musicals rarely float my boat. They’re just not my thing. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t get into the story very well. I’d be interested to see what other think. I’m kinda feeling like maybe the movie wasn’t so cheesy, but just not my style as with Across the Universe. I’d love to hear any thoughts anyone else has.
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