Great film, marred by smelly guff
Saw this movie in Clapham, just before the film started my partner farted and everyone looked at me. It was really pongy, unlike the film which has the aroma of roses.

watch more than once!
I heard this film was good and knowing nothing about the story line, watched it with the sound down low. I was very disappointed; one of those films that you say to yourself "I don't get it", or "Nothing really happened". Frankly it was terrible.

But then I caugh myself humming one or two of the songs, and decided to play the movie again with the volumn turned up. My opinion changed completly. The songs are brilliant, tons of emotion, and the interactions between the lead two actors was touching. It's all about what they don't say, or how they say the few words they do say. No over the top acting, just

A romantic musical to watch (& more importantly listen to) again & again!

don't expect car chases
A gentle, unassuming, moving and simple story well told. Low key production suits the intimacy of the tale and it was only afterwards that I realised how much had been moved along by the songs rather than them being used as interludes. And it's now become my partner's favourite film

I have fast forward finger
This film was really the most unbearable nonsense, the Irish busker/hoover repair man was perhaps the most annoying person ever. The music was awful, he must have been listening to an awful lot of Damien Rice.

Don't believe the hype
My girlfriend and I were really looking forward to watching this but were both shocked at just how disappointing it really is.

First off I liked the music, it's good singer songwriter fair but forgettable. If you like Irish singers there are plenty other better ones out there.

It's terribly shot, as a film maker myself it is just unforgivable to make a film this poorly, shooting on the worst camera badly. For me though this comes second to the total lack of narrative, very poor acting and a total unsatisfying ending.

There was no film here to watch just lots of badly shot musical sequences. It's not a musical because it isn't about anything. It's a poor idea badly executed. Watch Live at Abbey Road and see David Gray instead. Please don't waste your money on this overrated tripe.

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