Song One

Name: Song One
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: January 23, 2015
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn

2015

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The Film Arcade | Release Date: January 23, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn

Summary: After her musician brother Henry (Ben Rosenfield) is injured and hospitalized in a coma following a car accident, Franny (Anne Hathaway), an archaeologist, returns home and begins to use his notebook as a guide to how his life has evolved in her absence. Franny seeks out the musicians and artists Henry loved and meets James Forester (JohnnyAfter her musician brother Henry (Ben Rosenfield) is injured and hospitalized in a coma following a car accident, Franny (Anne Hathaway), an archaeologist, returns home and begins to use his notebook as a guide to how his life has evolved in her absence. Franny seeks out the musicians and artists Henry loved and meets James Forester (Johnny Flynn), his musical idol, whose success and fame belie a shy and private man. As a strong romantic connection develops between Franny and James, the question becomes if love can bloom even under the most adverse circumstances.… Expand

Director: Kate Barker-Froyland

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 86 min

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Sara Stewart

Jan 21, 2015

It’s not quite “Once,” but Song One, featuring original music by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice, captures a similar, unselfconscious beauty in the way music can make sense of big, ungainly emotions — as James puts it, “for three to five whole minutes.” Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 27, 2014

Perhaps the cleverest thing about Barker-Froyland’s delicately contrived debut is how uncontrived she manages to make it seem. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Feb 2, 2015

Song One burns with genuine sentiment, charismatic actors, and good music. One wishes it were held together by something more than a series of moods. Read full review

David Rooney

Jan 27, 2014

The delicate drama is sweet and sincere but a tad thin to resonate. Read full review

David Lewis

Jan 22, 2015

This quirky film does the unexpected: It pours on the restraint, emphasizing the grit and making the romance as low key as possible. It’s an anti-romance romance. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Jan 21, 2015

Hathaway's performance is brave, strong, wistful, and misty, and she's especially affecting when being wooed, gently, by Flynn, playing an indie-folkstar. Read full review

Peter Travers

Jan 29, 2015

First-time filmmaker Kate Barker-Froyland trusts the silences that occur when two people aren't talking. That's a good thing. What's not so good is when the talk grows enervating. Read full review

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onefractalspark

Jul 9, 2015

I'm here only to say thank you , and that we (my wife&I) enjoyed your movie very much Mrs.Kate Barker-Froyland . Thank you Ms. Mary Steenburgen (sweetest sounding voice in Hollywood) .Thank you Ms. Anne Hathaway (grace and elegance befitting your name and talent) And thank you players andI'm here only to say thank you , and that we (my wife&I) enjoyed your movie very much Mrs.Kate Barker-Froyland . Thank you Ms. Mary Steenburgen (sweetest sounding voice in Hollywood) .Thank you Ms. Anne Hathaway (grace and elegance befitting your name and talent) And thank you players and song writers. To the critics , glaze has covered your eyes , a fresh breeze may clear your clouded judgement's . what do I know ? maybe not much . Somewhere out there this story has or is playing out right now . Ms. Froyland has captured that . Dear metacritic pls forward this to them Gary… Expand

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