![]() The script has a few interesting episodes, even moments of greatness, but the deliberate slowness and tragic content of the film will turn some viewers away. There's wonderful chemistry between Patrick Stewart and Katie Holmes and the film wouldn't have survived without it. With a classical piano soundtrack the movie switches between the Swiss alps and the streets of New York, and is inhabited by a few well fleshed out characters. But with a significant age gap between them and the shadow of Henry's previous loss, can they ever be together? Slightly melancholic and beautifully shot, CODA is a nuanced love story that takes its time to unravel. She becomes Henry's only connection to the music, the sense of it Henry started to lose. Enter Helen Morrison (Katie Holmes) a journalist who once upon a time wanted to be a concert pianist as well. Henry Cole (Patrick Stewart) is a world famous concert pianist who is facing the biggest challenge in his life - stage fright. So, this is not a film for people immerse on today's pop culture. I'm pretty sure that many reviewers doesn't know anything about classical music, so probably they only identifies the first piece of music when are transcurred 24 minutes, and many other pieces were played and telling things they don't understand. ![]() A very beautiful and meaningful film that deserves a better qualification on IMDB, but I guess many of the reviewers doesn't understand the nuances and little twists here and there, and less about classical music, so at least they loss a half of the meaning of the movie when the doesn't get that message. This is a film that only could be the way it is: slowly, meditative, almost poetic, against the hurries and rushes from today cultural mainstream. Is like a movie inside the movie, but full of sound, full of stories, full of meaning. What is amazing is the way music is interconnected with the story, how is not only an ambiental music, but a kind of companion and most of the time it gives a clarity to the scenes. German culture is all about, specially German composers, like says Henry Cole (Patrick Stewart) on some point of the film. Of course, Nieztsche is present since the beginning, without being a philosophical film. This is a beautiful film about music, classical music, in a world on wich pop culture reigns like there will be no tomorrow. It doesn't lead anywhere, it is a feeling piece, something you need to experience and enjoy. Bottom line: I really wish someone who knows how to play chess would consult in American movie chess scenes, but other than that, the film approached perfection for me. I think the scene where Stewart's character explains the good part of getting old: your mind and your heart make peace with each other, describes the idea of the film best. I could tell about the story: that it's about an old famous pianist, that is is about love, that it is about persevering in the face of terrible and senseless loss, but to me all of that was part of the piece, just another element that completes the art of the movie. Patrick Stewart shows why outside his roles as Picard or the poop emoji he is an excellent actor, but also the masterful melange (I swear not a Gurney Halleck pun) of piano music, intellectual romance, high art, fancy hotel life and beautiful Swiss scenery gives the film the feeling of an art work. I understand why someone might not enjoy it fully if not in the right mood, but this is a beautiful film, well thought through and excellently acted. ![]() I quite frankly am appalled of the low rating of this film.
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