Music From Another Room
by Charlie Peters
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Actor: Brenda Blethyn, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Tilly, Jude Law, Martha PlimptonDirector: Charlie Peters
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Music From Another Room
DVD Review: Desperate attempt at magical reality fails
Summary: 1 Stars
I adore Jude Law, but even his considerable charms are sadly dimmed in this pathetic effort. The plot reads like a reject from the "high-concept" comedy assembly line at 1980's Touchstone Pictures: young boy delivers baby, falls instantly in love with infant girl, then returns more than 20 years later to fulfill a "destiny" he had apparently forgotten: marrying her. You'll never guess what happens next ... Oh, all right! Of course you will. Aside from how truly dreadful it is, this film lacks any surprises.
No character in the film betrays a whit of common sense as they are folded, spindled and mutilated in service of a storyline so painstakingly-contrived as to be embarrassing. Director Charlie Peters fails to correct any of the flaws in his own screenplay (according to IMDb, it took this hack another 11 years to land any sort of gig at all), shoehorning a generally impressive cast into trite situations unleavened by any worthy dialogue. The pacing is wrong -- Helen Keller could have done a better job editing this mess. Especially depressing is the lack of chemistry between any of the leads. This movie fails at all levels -- and is made all the worse by a garish production design that leaves the physically-attractive cast looking as bad as they ever have on film.
Even Jude Law's one shirtless scene is brief, and shot in near-darkness for crying out loud! The DVD transfer is poor, there is no widescreen version, and the "extras" consist solely of the theatrical trailer that serves as fair warning to potential viewers.
There really is no one to whom I can recommend this film.
DVD Review: Music From Another Room: A Guy's Description of Love
Summary: 4 Stars
When five year old Danny helps deliver the baby of his deceased mother's best friend, he declares that he will marry her, the baby, someday. His father then moves him to England and the story picks up 25 years later.
We next see an absolutely gorgeous Danny (Jude Law) on his return to the United States where he must find employment and a place to live. Fate jumps in and provides him with both in the form of a rented room above a bakery and a job delivering baked goods. Fate again steps in and creates a bicycle accident that knocks him off his bike and into the arms of none other than Anna Swan(Gretchen Mol), the baby he helped deliver 25 years before. Without a doubt, Danny is obviously smitten even before he realizes who she is. No big surprise we discover the girl of his dreams is engaged to someone else.
The delightfully disfunctional Swan family brings comic relief to what could have easily been just another run-of-the-mill romance story. Grace (Brenda Blethyn), the family matriarch is a light hearted, rather etherial sort of mother. You adore her character for a variety of reasons, most importantly because she genuinely loves Danny. Nina (Jennifer Tilly) the blind sister who is sheltered beyond belief until Danny encourages her to spread her wings a little and teaches her that there is life outside of her sheltered existence. Billy (Jeremy Piven) the brother that cheats on his insane wife, Irene (Jane Adams) (these characters are obviously included solely to garner a few comedic moments and succeed well). Karen (Martha Plimpton) the gay sister who has a great line or two but basically is a rather dispensable character.
There is one character that bears a special mention, Jesus (pronounced in the english form rather than the spanish way) played by Vincent Laresca. He plays the eventual love interest of Nina. Girls will fall for his dorky touching portrayal of a man in love with a blind woman.
There is a lot of predictability with this movie but it is still worth watching. I would be remiss if I didn't point out there is one of the most delightful death scenes ever filmed, it is also one of the funniest scenes in the movie. This is a feel good romantic adventure that allows the viewer to escape reality for a delightful 104 minutes.
DVD Review: Formulaic "Music" hits all right notes with excellent ensemble cast.
Summary: 5 Stars
MUSIC FROM ANOTHER ROOM is definitely not just another romantic comedy. Yes, much of this screenplay is formulaic where you will know what is going to happen next, but so what-it works, and most effectively. From the very moment that young Danny is asked to reach in Brenda Blethyn's womb to untangle the umbilical chord wrapped around her birthing-baby's neck, we enter the unusual world of passion,fate and destiny. Forward around twenty years and Danny (a very funny and appealing Jude Law) is destined by fate to meet the baby he helped deliver and has vowed to marry.
What puts this rom-com above many others is the EXCEPTIONAL ensemble cast of actors that understand their parts and act them to the hilt.In fact, other than Gretchen Mol's character Anna, the baby grown up, who's character is overly responsible and self-deprived of passion ( therefore rightly not so animated) the rest of the cast, Brenda Blethyn, Jennifer Tilly,Jane Adams, Jeremy Piven, and ESPECIALLY Martha Plimpton and Vince Laresca are comedically quite effective in saving this film from becoming ordinary.
Yes, this film is formulaic,but think about it-formulas are time tested and true-that's why they work. MUSIC FROM ANOTHER ROOM just does it a bit better than most hitting all the right notes.
DVD Review: A sweet movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this movie with the ensemble cast. It has interesting story lines with the characters. I like the premise that following one's passion isn't always easy, but to live a life without passion is to resign to "death" of your soul. DVD Review: Fun way to pass an evening...
Summary: 3 Stars
it's not spectacular, but I really enjoyed seeing Jude Law in a decent role. He's not my favorite actor (at all), but he's actually likeable here!
Description of Music From Another Room
Jude Law (Road to Perdition) leads an exceptional ensemble cast, including Gretchen Mol ( Girls Club ), Academy Award? nominees* Jennifer Tilly (Monsters, Inc.), Brenda Blethyn (Lovely & Amazing), as well as Martha Plimpton (Beautiful Girls), Jon Tenney (You Can Count on Me) and Jeremy Piven (Black Hawk Down), in this enchanting, 'sweet love story ( Hollywood Online ) of a romance born with a little help from destiny and a few determined matchmakers! When five-year-old Danny helps deliver a family friend's baby, Anna, he tells his father that he will one day marry her. But it's not until he moves back to Americatwenty-five years laterthat fate steps in literally knocking him off his bike and into the arms of a beautiful, grown-up Anna (Mol)! But though destiny may be on his side, Danny (Law) discovers that time is not...because Anna is not only unsure of her feelings for Danny, but she's also engaged to be married to someoneelse! *Tilly: Supporting Actress, Bullets over Broadway (1994); Blethyn: Actress, Secrets & Lies (1996); Supporting Actress, Little Voice (1998)General DVDs
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