John Carney the director who
bought us the beautiful musical “Once” back in 2006 has offered a true piece of
romantic movie again that touches the senses. And it’s filled with
breathtakingly mesmerizing music one after the other and the charmingly
graceful performances by Keira Knightley and Mark Rufalo. And when all of those
combined with a lovely storyline that sinks right in to fans heart how can a
movie like this ever go wrong. And by far this is one of the best musical
filled comedy dramas I can recall.
When Dan (Mark) a talented yet
beaten up by life music agent desperately looking for new talent to get his
life a jump start, accidently meets Gretta (Keira) a beautiful girl with a
voice he was looking for. But convincing her to sign up to do an album was
challenging enough for Dan as Gretta is about to leave town with a broken
heart.
No doubt that pinnacle of Begin
Again is its music. Five minutes down the movie it throws out a wonderful track
that instantly grabs the viewer. And this moment becomes the central point of
Dan meeting Gretta where it is visited couple of times via different storylines
making its presence stronger. Starting from this song and the opening sequence
the movie quickly yet steadily evolves in to something serenely beautiful and
so does its music. The two key roles has their own independent storylines
running alongside which fuels the main plot and the director has managed to beautifully
blend everything together.
However Begin Again is bit far
from reality though it covers its faults with a dramatic cloak and its charming
performances and music. But to enjoy this movie the absolute reality factor is
not something that’s really required. And honestly compared with often seeing
cheesy romantic dramas that pops up like mushrooms these days Begin Again is a
modern wonder.
Genre: Drama | Comedy | Romance
Director: John Carney
-Priyantha Bandara
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