The Score

I started passively watching and quickly got sucked in by the quirky characters and the fresh musical interludes. I don't usually like musicals but found myself singing along and looking forward to the next. The writing is intelligent and the style is original. The film moves slowly, but leaves much to savor.

The entire movie could've been pared done to a 30 minute show.

Music was not good and was certainly forced. The cornball philosophy was torture to tolerste. All in all a 3 star rating is extremely generous. This is definitely one of those movies you could pass on and never miss, or just let it play in the background while you do your chores or to ework. There's really no need to pay attention to it minute by minute as the action is so slow most of it seems like filler!

The movie is hardly what you would call a crime drama as aside from an unprovoked fight at a petrol station there is no crime through the first 60 minutes. Just vague references to "the score!" The true crime here is that the producer, director and or writer STOLE the title from a great 2001 action adventure crime drama and tried to get away with it!

Come to think of it, I'm changing my rating to 2 stars.

Watch this one at your own risk....

An unusual style. To me the songs not good enough as a musical and the script too wordy with a dragging plot. Unfortunately didn't quite make it as either a musical or a 'crime drama'. The acting was good enough but the material didn't quite make it.

There's nothing worth watching or recommending here. The lead characters are atrocious and unlikeable. Both of them. The soundtrack is awful, against scenes making zero sense. Add some ridiculous dialogie with very bland, flat acting. The level of stupidity in the first 15 minutes should turn any discerning viewer away. When I saw the cast singing along to the opening music, which was the typical indie annoying pretentious drivel, I know I was in for a slog with this disaster. It's a plot done to death, but never as poorly as this one. Movies need coherence and logic, and there's none here. There's the obligatory black cast member too, of course. Rambling conversation to fill up scenes. Trust me, it's sloppy filth. I get that young people sing, but they don't sing folk music or the other lame tracks chosen for this movie. Considering what these dolts are about to do, they sure draw attention to themselves. Oh, it also dabbles ineffectively with social issues. Huge stinkeroo. I'd rather set myself on fire than endure this mess again.

You don't find movies done like this.

I put this on just to eat dinner, and ended up captivated by the dialog, subtle, clever, meaningful. This movie is never gonna please everyone and no musical has ever come off as "natural" but they kinda pulled it off(the songs are poems and they are meant to capture the characters internal fire). It's obviously done like a play(campy) and in the first couple minutes they talk about Shakespeare and poets.so you get the hint. Its one of those movies you might be embarrassed to get caught watching, if someone walked in during the singing but honestly, it was well directed(well acted, well shot) very well written and the story was quite captivating(the mystery of not knowing exactly what's going down) i didn't notice the pace being slow, i was too busy paying attention to the interactions of the players.

I'd say give it the fifteen minute test, if you don't like it, move along.