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Avg. Rating: 4.71
A delightful jewel of a movie!
Music from Another Room is such an amazing movie. I must admit, I tuned into it on Cinemax only because I saw that it features Jude Law, who is one of the best actors of his time. I was surprised at the sheer greatness of the movie, and once again stunned by the tremendous talent of Law. The minute it was over, I checked (through my tears) for additional showtimes, and stayed up for 2 hours until I watched it again at midnight. That is how wonderful it was. The Swan family is so enjoyable that I wanted to be part of it myself. The characters in this movie are so richly developed, the filming is great, the storyline is incredible, basically every last detail about this movie is superb. It made me fall in love with Jude Law (the way he looks at Gretchen Mol when he says "it's heads" is breathtaking), it restored my faith that there are men out there as hopelessly romantic as I am, and it truly was (and I HATE this term) "a feel-good movie". Oh, and I don't hate Savage Garden's "Truly, Madly, Deeply" anymore. To anyone who reads this, please pardon my gushing. It must be annoying, but this really is the best film I've seen in...well ever. Kudos to everyone involved in producing this film.
An ensemble cast adds charm to otherwise tepid movie!
"Music from Another Room" is an ideal date movie. It's commercial cute, in the same vein as those Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movies, but off-beat enough to seem deceptively indie. However, like most date movies, "Movie from Another Room"'s plot is about as predictable as rain in Seattle. The premise of the tale (little boy falls in love with and promises to marry the girl that he helps his father to deliver, only to chance upon her 25 years later when she's involved with another man) is interesting enough, but the expectation of something different falls by the wayside during the course of the movie, as it gets more and more formulaic. The saving grace of "Music from Another Room" is the talent of the film's ecletic and quirky actors. The very charming British actor Jude Law, who plays the lovesick Danny Kowalski, proves quite adept at American comedy and doesn't seem to mind doing borderline slapstick. Gretchen Mol, as Anna Swann, is the perfect object of affection with her '50s-inspired wardrobe and prudish attitude. The rest of the cast includes Jennifer Tilly as Anna's blind and socially inept younger sister; Martha Plimpton as Anna's cynical and world-weary older sister; Brenda Bleythn as the infirmed and sympathetic mother; and Jon Tenney as Anna's stoic and "perfect" fiancee. Overall, "Music from Another Room" is a very likeable film as long as you don't expect too much from it.
unbelievable romance, lame comedy, crowded film
Yikes! I'm quite baffled by the positive reviews here! I really like Jude Law (Gattaca) and thoroughly enjoy romantic comedies, but I found this film so absolutely lame on every level that it was difficult to finish. By the time it was over, my husband and I just looked at each other and said, "Whoa, what was that?!"First, the movie has a very bizarre framing device: Law's character is asked to help deliver a baby when he is five years old. Aside from the discomfort of seeing a child reach into Brenda Blethyn's womb, the young actor must then look sweetly at the new baby and say "I'm going to marry her." This is not only bizarre, it's creepy-bizarre. Still, I tried to forgive this oddity and get on with the movie. Second, this is a great cast that is SO wasted -- Blethyn, Martha Plimpton, Jennifer Tilly and many others in this large under-utilized cast are given a number of quirks but there are so many subplots that you never get to know any of them, or why they are the way they are. Didn't someone once say, "Quirks do not a character make"? Well, that person was not this screenwriter. You just jump from one goofy but endearing mannerism or device to another. There are enough charcters here to make three romantic comedies but instead we get one overcrowded mess. Third, Jude Law is incredibly talented, but he's miscast here as a young man so in love that he affects his love interest's entire family. Law is more a button-down quiet guy, who might inspire passion but not necessarily of the exuberant, romantic variety. Fourth, the chemistry between Law and Gretchen Mol is nonexistent -- two nice actors who are NOT good together. Fifth, the music is pretty bad, intruding on the film more than accentuating the emotions. Finally, the DVD features are: the movie trailer. Whooppee! If you want to see a fun romantic comedy that you haven't heard of, check out Happy Accidents. This film is lame despite its great cast, and one wonders why all these talented people signed on to this goofy project.
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