Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Must See Movie...

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Disappointment for a huge fan!

We found this movie on Netflix streaming, it is very nicely done and contains a good message.The story centers almost equally on two characters - a 12-yr-old boy and his 24-yr-old Au Pair. Julian Shatkin is a 12-yr-old genius and cello prodigy Reggie. At one point when his quartet had finished practicing a piece, when asked what it was, he stated that he wrote it. He was always ahead in his school studies, and in class often is staring out the window but knows exactly what the teacher is teaching and can answer any question.But Reggie is lonely. He lives in an upper East Side mansion of sorts in Manhattan, his father is a businessman often out of the country, and his mother, expertly played by Debra Messing as Mom Barbara, is joyless shrew who pretty much leaves her son to the limo driver.His Au pair has to return to Mexico so Barbara starts a quick search for a replacement. Luckily, Leighton Meester as Eleanor just moved out of her boyfriend's place after yet another incident of his irresponsibility and she is looking for a job, any job. Barbara interviews her and asks when she can start. That afternoon would be ideal. Eleanor has all her belongings with her in a roll-around suitcase so is delighted.In many ways this story reminds me of Willy (Tim Hutton) and Marty (Natalie Portman) in "Beautiful Girls". In that story Willy is a seemingly lost musician and Marty is the young girl who suggests that he wait a few years so that they can be lovers for eternity.In this movie, as it turns out, Eleanor in high school WAS an outstanding musician, a cornet player with an opportunity to attend Juliard, but life and finances got in the way. So part of her character's arc here is to regain her interest in her music. She sees young Reggie as a kid to take care of but Reggie sees her as perhaps the love of his life but he doesn't quite know how to handle it.There is a touching final scene where Eleanor has left to go back home and figure out what she will do, Reggie is still in NYC, he is playing cello and she is playing the cornet part that he wrote for her. A duet miles apart.Good movie, maybe I enjoyed it more because I am a musician too, coincidentally a cornet player.

I was drawn to this movie, I knew I would like it. And I absolutely love it, just finished watching it. Incredible acting, very natural, they all did a perfect job. I am a 44 year old female and this movie is now my favorite of all time. Independent films match my mood, this film had that feel to it with a somberness, I felt right at home. Thank you FRANK WHALEY for creating a beautiful movie story. Anyone that is into heartfelt, somber, life story, interesting turn of events will like this movie. The characters are honest, open and natural. One can connect and bond to Reggie and Eleanor's nanny turned friendship between the two. I bonded to the characters and their visions and own personal character.

I came across this movie and my expectations were low. How good is a movie I've never heard of and that grossed $24 000? But I enjoyed it so much I gave it 9/10. It was intelligent and sparse. It was unusual and stylish. It was beautifully shot. Make no mistake - this is not a babysitter movie. It's a relationship movie. Featuring only two main characters and a few others to cement the different lives of our two key players, the understated tale of two such different cultures coming together was exceptionally interesting. The pace gives us sufficient time to enjoy some of the subtleties of this unusual relationship. There was a stretch in the way the boy character changed so suddenly, but it moved the story along. The music score was also very emotional. Make an effort to see this.

Reggie, what a gifted boy he was. Too bright, too talented and too mature for his peers and for his teachers too in his toney NYC private school, but even with those great advantages, he was overlooked and ignored by his rich parents, who were too selfish and busy to give him proper attention for his young boy needs of love, friendship and acceptance. Thus, they gave that job to a caring immigrant maid and a new, 23 year-old, female au pair, who was just looking for a job after a breakup with her rocker band boy friend. The relationship that developed between this boy and his au pair was this story.Reggie was a cello prodigy, a math prodigy, and a maturity prodigy for a 12 year old. He was also an old soul, much deeper than his years and those of older others in seeing what was wrong around him but also what he needed and so lacked in his life. His new au pair, a lapsed cornet player trying to get some order in her life, bonded with him in a near older sister-younger brother relationship, but better than that, more than that. Sometimes it was not clear who the older, more mature one was. Reggie was that gifted and special. And, she was special in that she was such a good and needed friend who treated Reggie as an equal, not as a kid. Thus, their bond was so much tighter and caring and, yes, loving, than would be typical for their differing ages, thus it was so much harder for both when it had to end. The development of their close ties meant that when it came time for her to get on with her life and leave, both would find it very difficult. Reggie was stunned by the separation, yes, but he had found from this friendship the confident awareness that there was at least one person this world whom he could finally relate to and care deeply about, and who cared deeply for him, and it was also clear that his life had been so enhanced by the friendship. He was no longer alone in his heart.A beautiful, classical sound track throughout, with a haunting and original cello/cornet piece at the end. This is the kind of heartfelt and realistically-paced film Hollywood does not make, so see it if you want a sweet, touching and believable human story instead of more CGI monsters.