Rafael Reyes

Another pleasurable John Carney diagetic pop musical comedy about musicians, like “Once” and “Begin Again”. This one has a wedding band singer (Paul Rudd) who’s a retired American rock band member who’s settled in Ireland because of love who, after spending a bonding night with an ex-boy band sensation (Nick Jonas), finds his beloved original song being stolen and turned into a hit – without his name in the credits.

This review may contain spoilers. I love how it starts in medias res and just keeps going. I can’t think of any other Spielberg action movie that does that, not counting the Indiana Jones openings. And if Steven Spielberg reverts to familiar themes and tropes, well, what great director doesn’t have themes and tropes that disclose their passions.

This review may contain spoilers. Certainly not the De Palma-Schrader “Obsession” or Visconti’s “Obsessione” or “The Story of Adele H”, or even Sondheim-Lapine’s “Passion”, but very of the times. Reflects this generation’s queasiness about intimacy, sex, individuality, and, yes, passion. It was tiresome once it became predictable (and a supernatural element came in. I didn’t see the trailer and I knew nothing of the movie coming in). As B-horror movies go, it’s got energy and smarts.