POSITIVES
Fascinating look into grief through the lens of a confused and awkward teenage musical prodigy. The narrative goes places with a lighter tone than you would expect from a movie that's focused on so much sadness.
Grace Kaufman is absolutely earnestly fantastic as the grief-stricken lead Lennie Walker. Jacques Colimon as Joe Fontaine is just so cool and awesome. Solid supporting cast which includes Pico Alexander, Cherry Jones, Havana Rose Liu, Ji-young Yoo, Jason Segel, and more.
Stylized visuals, bright colors, and graphical tricks, to give you all that constant eye candy.
Love the musical interludes that go into fantastical imaginative segments like the "Air on a G String" by Johann Sebastian Bach sequence.
Really happy with how the final act plays out, plus the overall message of the story. Rewards you for seeing through the movie.
NEGATIVES
Probably way too quirky and precious, mixed with that teenage angst and melodrama. Not for everybody.
If you find artsy kids annoying, then stay clear away from this movie.
Hope you don't mind all the voice over monologuing, because it can sound pretentious at times.
It's like the camera never stops moving and it can be a little much.
AUGH they went there with that embarrassing cliche of a plot turn. You don't have to do that just to create a complicated conflict!
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