A Love Song

Name: A Love Song
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: July 29, 2022
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Benja K. Thomas, Dale Dickey, Felipe Jorge, Gregory Hope, Jesse Hope

2022

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Bleecker Street | Release Date: July 29, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Benja K. Thomas, Dale Dickey, Felipe Jorge, Gregory Hope, Jesse Hope, John Way, Marty Grace Dennis, Michelle Wilson, Sam Engbring, Scout Engbring, Wes Studi

Summary: Faye (Dale Dickey) is a lone traveler biding her time fishing, birding and stargazing at a rural Colorado campground as she awaits the arrival of Lito (Wes Studi), a figure from her past who is navigating his own tentative and nomadic journey across the rugged West. Like the country music that has traditionally channeled the heartbreak andFaye (Dale Dickey) is a lone traveler biding her time fishing, birding and stargazing at a rural Colorado campground as she awaits the arrival of Lito (Wes Studi), a figure from her past who is navigating his own tentative and nomadic journey across the rugged West. Like the country music that has traditionally channeled the heartbreak and resilience of Americans in search of themselves and others, A Love Song weaves a lyrical and ultimately joyful refrain out of the transformative act of being alone—and reminds us that love can nourish and mystify at any age.… Expand

Director: Max Walker-Silverman

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Kristen Page-Kirby

Aug 2, 2022

Like silent meditation, “A Love Song” isn’t for everyone. The movie requires its audience to both remain still and stay engaged. Those are skills many directors no longer value, so they’re skills many moviegoers no longer possess. But for those who will do the work, “A Love Song” is a special film that will stay with you long after the clamor of real life rushes back in around you. Read full review

The Film Stage Dan Mecca

Feb 14, 2022

Do not let the brief runtime or spartan setting dissuade you. This is nuanced drama, well-felt and well-told. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Jan 22, 2022

A Love Song’s a brief and pretty little thing—less than 90 minutes—with the warm melancholy of revisiting a memory or, yes, an old jukebox love song. Walker-Silverman displays a keen eye, a deep heart and a sense of humor just silly enough to sour the saccharine. Read full review

Jon Frosch

Jan 22, 2022

If the film doesn’t exactly transcend its familiarity (the elegiac tone, the sun-baked, wind-swept scenery, the wistful acoustic guitar score), it succeeds, often with understated magnificence, in finding ways to sidestep it — to make you not mind in the slightest. Read full review

Justin Chang

Jul 28, 2022

A Love Song has the narrative economy and the sneaky emotional power of a well-crafted short story, plus a feel for isolation and rootlessness that harks back to some of the great drifter portraits of American independent cinema. It’s a testament to the lyricism that Walker-Silverman conjures here that I sometimes wished he would slow his narrative roll even further, immersing us even more deeply in the story’s quotidian rhythms. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 8, 2022

A Love Song is a lovely, valedictory film for two of the best actors of their generation, so it’s worth the effort you make to track it down. Any time a movie maker crafts something this gentle and fine for two wonderful players who rarely get the spotlight is to be celebrated. Read full review

IndieWire Robert Daniels

Jan 22, 2022

Both Dickey and Studi shoulder the lesser material through a charming naturalism that papers over the script’s artificiality. Read full review

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PeaBeDoo

Dec 4, 2022

The Washington Post gave this movie their highest rating and called it a masterpiece. I love the actors in it and, taken together, was very anxious to see. Though the acting was great, the movie is like watching paint dry or grass grow. Nothing interesting to see or feel here folks. Move along.

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