Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.
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As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
One of the better movies I've seen lately. Hearts Beat Loud is about change. A single father is dealing with a growing daughter and soon to be empty nester while caring for an aging mother. He realizes that his youthful dreams are quickly moving beyond his grasp. So he attempts to reach for the brass ring one last time as a performer.He discovers that often it is not that easy and you may have to sacrifice some of your goals to help others reach theirs. It's nice to see Ted Danson behind the bar and see his character dispense wisdom that only bartenders can share. Love is a complicated thing but in the end you discover that it multiplies instead of divides. Besides the tunes are pretty good in this flick and it's pretty awesome to hear vinyl be relevant again on the big screen. Dr Wilson Triviño
A man manages to survive for 17 years by owning a vinyl record store in a small town in the NYC area. Previous to this, he had a band, and was a rock star wannabe. As his daughter is about to move across the country to UCLA, he coaxes her into their weekly jam session, records one of her songs, surreptitiously uploads it to a social media platform, and finds it becomes an internet hit.So now his rock star dream revives, as he tries to talk his daughter into deferring UCLA to become a band with him. A factor in his favor is that his daughter would also be leaving her girlfriend in going to UCLA.This was the closing gala at the Inside Out LGBT film festival. The father-daughter relationship dominated, while the lesbian relationship was incidental. So it makes a good gala film, as it is straight-friendly. But I am not convinced - maybe if the father was selling CDs, not vinyl records, he could have lasted until today.
I was sucked right into "small town" Red Hook and all the gritty characters from scene 1. The father daughter dynamic was snappy and real. The lead characters grab you by the heart in quiet touching ways until you are mowed down by their casual jam session songs. I cared about the father. I cared about the daughter. She sings with such sincere passion she brought tears to my eyes. They both did. I want to see this film again!
A movie that's not so empty and not so vibrant. Portraits life around us in a much simpler version with lots of tiny its and bits with a boost of feel good music. Loved it