Guitar Lessons

This is a slow moving but sweet and funny film that makes a virtue of its limitations. The budget was clearly small, but the director makes great use of the unknown cast and the stunning scenery of northern Alberta. Conway Kootenay is a standout and steals every scene he is in. The plot may be cliched, but the clever script and stylized direction make it feel fresh. I loved the indigenous characters and the glimpses into their culture added a lot to the story. While there is some drama, it never gets too heavy, and the resolution to the various plot lines is very satisfying. This would be a great date movie.

Let me say right off, the movie wasn't bad. But when I see all the 9 and 10 star reviews, I get suspicious. Then I look who did the reviews and I find that almost all of them are from people who have only reviewed exactly one movie. Could they possibly be friends and family of the actors or the film crew? Ya think?

Anyway, the film is rated on IMDb as a 7.3. Heck, "Gone with the Wind" and "Lawrence of Arabia" only got an 8.3! Come on folks!

So the movie wasn't bad. Unfortunately, it had a hard time figuring out just what it wanted to be. There were about three different stories going on at the same time. And none of them really got resolved in the end. It seemed to get lost.

The acting and the writing weren't half bad. Except the lead actor, Corb Lund spent about 2/3rds of the movie staring at the ground with his hand over his eyes. Overall, it was an okay film. It seemed a bit long to me. They could have easily cut 20 minutes or so out of it.

--MovieJunkieMark.

Watched this movie last night in Leduc Cinema and thoroughly enjoyed the story line, the beautiful cinematography highlighting Northern Alberta, the humour and most of all the relationship that developed organically between the man and teen. An uplifting theme of redemption and connection and of second chances in life and love. The sound track was well selected and hopefully is available soon as well. Highly recommend seeing this if you like movies that make you feel hopeful. As it's being distributed independently, have your local cinema owner call the director, Aaron Sorensen directly to arrange to have it come to your town/city. 403 464 7586. I'm looking forward to watching it again!

Corb Lund and Kaden Noskiye did an absolutely amazing job on the story of learning from each other throughout this movie. With the beautiful scenery of the northern regions of Alberta's Peace Country it shows how simple gestures like guitar lessons can really impact a young kid's life and in return help our well-being as adults. We loved the Cree language subtly mixed into the movie as well. Conway Kootenay does this so well in multiple scenes. Mixed with a good dose of great comedy and real social problems, it made for a memorable family movie night.

Two thumbs up and definitely get out and see this movie!

I was kind of expecting a very low budget looking movie with a not so great story line as with the previews that I saw were all hilarious without revealing too much of the storyline. What I got when I sat in the theatre was the exact opposite!! I was excited to see if they revealed all of the comedy in the previews, but they did not! I loved this movie from start to finish! I laughed & I literally cried in the theatre at moments. The storyline was fantastic, the actors were great and the overall visuals were waaay better than what I thought they would be! MUST SEE MOVIE!!! I would love to know if there is going to be a second part or if that's it?