Stuck review
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Stuck
Speakeasy films
PG 13. 90 min
An interesting little film that’s taken a rather roundabout way to get to the theaters. Originally released for the Newport Beach Film Festival, it was then stuck on somebody shelf for a couple of years to be released just now into a limited number of brick-and-mortar Cinemas. That’s kind of fun as I’ve never been to the AMC in Solon before.
The description itself is a little bit weird but not exceedingly so. Here’s what happens; due to computer glitch, a handful of commuters find themselves stuck (hence the title) in a subway car for about an hour and a half, at least that’s how long the movie is. People with very different backgrounds and life experiences, and more importantly stories to tell, who find ways to relate to each other in that short span off time. Doesn’t seem too odd until you find out that the hook is that they relate to each other by randomly bursting into Broadway-esque songs. (The film itself is actually an adaptation of a musical play of the same name.)
Here’s something of a spoiler alert, one of the things that would make this film appealing, or not, is finding out what everybody is individual story might be and how they relate to the others. Read on at your own risk. Among the passengers are the homeless guy (Giancarlo Esposito) who doesn’t seem to really have a story to tell but scts as the glue that holds the bunch together. A beautiful young woman paranoid due to being violently assaulted in her past and now trust no one. A young seemingly professional woman who has found out she is pregnant and is frightened of ending up like her single mother; she will end up bonding with an elderly piano teacher who has a terrible loss in her past. A young nerd whose attraction for one of the other passengers has been mistaken for something more sinister.
I guess there are two levels on which you can enjoy this film (or not). First you need to clear your mind of the musical police drama COP ROCK. Now you can move on to whether or not you enjoyed the music. I personally thought it was alright but as with any musical the first time you hear songs they haven’t had a chance to take hold in your memory. I might have enjoyed them more the third or fourth time I’d heard the soundtrack, alas that wasn’t an option. Number two do you empathize with the characters? It took me a while to settle into the direction of the film but yes, I did. The relationships between the characters and the telling of their individual stories gets clearer and clearer as the movie goes on and my enjoyment level steadily rose. If you are a movie buff I suggest you seek this one out and be a little bit patient. It does grow on you. I started at a c minus and ended up with a solid… just for male musicians point of view I thought the audio tracks sounded a little bit too processed in the vocal range for my taste but not a deal-breaker. I think it’s worth your time to check this one out.
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