Synopsis: A musician settles for a teaching job in the hopes of composing in his free time, but the job is much more time consuming than he had expected.
Appraisal: There are some things to like in this movie. For example, the ingenious use of song lyrics to illustrate or express feelings or thoughts related to the story is something to be remarked. It happened at two occasions: while Rowena is singing Someone to Watch Over Me by George and Ira Gershwin, and while Glenn is singing Beautiful Boy by John Lennon. During the latter song, the curious thing is that, while it is sung ostensibly as a homage to Glenn's son, it may actually be a comment about Glenn's life, summarized in the verse "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans". The rest of the film suffers from a pedestrian execution, especially in the connecting sequences showing the passage of time. Curiously, there is a quote by Tchaikowsky stating that the main problem faced by him as a composer were the connecting parts of a piece. The film relies on clichés most of the time, most notably in the definition of characters. The main actor pulls off a remarkable performance, and the rest of the cast is also good.
Rating: 50
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