Tuesday, July 5, 2016
SHORT MOVIE REVIEW: BEGIN AGAIN
There's a new breed of Romantic Comedy taking our box offices and living rooms by storm.The likes of '500 Days of Summer', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', with less comedy and more crap that hipsters like. Well, not real hipsters, but you know, fake hipsters that dig on Regina Spektor, Mumford and Sons, Florence + The Machine, and will occasionally try to throw out a bit of trivia about Bob Dylan and Joy Division. They toy around witht he idea of being a vegan, but love Carl's Jr. just too much to do anything about it. Meanwhile the real hipsters are out watching foreign films, protesting capitolism, annoying everybody and one-ing eachother up. Wait, what was I talking about? Yes, from this new breed of Romantic Comedy where the "will they? won't they?" narrative either keeps us guessing, or just flat out tells us they won't comes a musical (or one of those movies where the stars play music) 'Begin Again'. Though it has some flaws, such as the writing, and the editing. I found this little love story quite moving. Exceptional perfomances from the consistently stellar Mark Ruffalo and often on point Kierra Knightly elevate this film to something more than you would normally see in a Lifetime Original movie. Performances by Adam Levine and C-Lo Green are.... well, they're in it too! (Luckily not for too long) It definitely does a great job of empathizing with anyone that has gone through romantic heartache, which unless you're a heartless tool is everybody. Again, don't expect to be blown away, but it's a great date night movie. I don't really have a points system, so I'm going to give 'Begin Again' 3 high fives and a handshake out of 5.
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Good feel good movie and everyone can relate to the loneliness the creeps in after heartbreak. Fun humor and interesting take on getting back at those that gave you the middle finger! Worth the time and the minor flaws in overall execution!
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