CODA: Señales del corazón

I could complain about how they felt the need to adapt a French movie from years ago... but I am just happy that this story gets to be shared with more people. Lovely story, coming off age, family relations. The resulting movie is a great feat, showing people a world they are not familiar with.

Took me a while before viewing this movie as the subject matter seemed a bit on the sombre side.

How wrong I was!

Superfilm: thoughtful, amusing with a brilliant script and direction.

Plus great music which can be heard again on Spotify.

Every single performer gave a 1st class credible performance.

A young woman in a family of deaf people has to choose whether to stay with them or follow her musical dreams.

One devasting moment near the end of the picture where people are at a concert listening to singers when the perspective changes to show how such a concert is heard by the deaf.

Believe it ir not I thought the actor playing the music teacher stole the show!

The movie well deserved the Oscar for best picture that it won:

8/10.

A hearing girl in a deaf family, restricted by her dynamic, silenced by her surroundings with potential and passion attenuated, battles to be heard, but oh what a song she finally sings - absolutely outstanding, with some of the finest, most sincere and most genuine performances you'll find. Take it to your heart and let it dwell.

There's nothing wrong with making a predictable and formulaic film, as long as you succeed in producing the emotion and reaction out of your audience. You can see where CODA is going, but it's so effective at what it does. There's a few laugh out loud moments (which I didn't expect) and the 3rd act is just as moving as films like Almost Famous and Sing Street, both movies with similar music/dream themes. There's something about those types of stories that appeal to me more than most people.

9.3/10.

I enjoyed this movie. I loved her family . Her voice is beautiful. I love how she loves them back and understood her moves. Awareness in such a delight waym.