Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
25KHearts Beat Loud: Directed by Brett Haley. With Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Blythe Danner, Toni Collette. A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.
“This is a fluffy, feel-good movie about a midlife-crisis dad and his college-bound daughter who bond while recording three songs together over the summer after her high school graduation. The movie unfortunately wasnu0026#39;t as good as I thought it was going to be in the beginning. About 30 minutes of the running time is taken up with the two of them recording and performing their music, which leaves only about an hour of skimpy drama. The movieu0026#39;s biggest asset is character development, which kept me interested up to a point. But it drags in the middle due to a weak storyline and ends with a thud. None of the various subplots are adequately resolved, and some are completely abandoned.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe filmmakers seem to be trying to recreate the charm of independent musical movies like Once. But it doesnu0026#39;t quite work. The acting is good but not great. As dad and daughter, Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons are appealing but not charismatic. The songs are catchy but forgettable. Not a bad way to spend an hour and a half though…as long as your expectations arenu0026#39;t too high.”
