Song One
A young woman strikes up a relationship with her ailing brother';s favorite musician.
6 June 1988, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
26 February 1981, Belleville, New Jersey, USA
27 December 1982, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1 December 1985, La Mesa, California, USA
27 September 1990, Westminster, London, England, UK
16 September 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
14 March 1983, Johannesburg, South Africa
3 July 1977, Dothan, Alabama, USA
March 27, 2015
Writer/director Kate Barker-Froyland doesn't bother to disguise Song One as something it's not.
March 24, 2015
"Song One" is an enjoyable watch, but an even better listen, its songs bringing a thoughtful melodic glow to modestly endearing material.
February 03, 2015
There are only so many scenes of Hathaway tearing up while either a) staring at her brother or b) watching James strum his guitar that one can take.
December 21, 2015
There's something just too precious about it all.
January 23, 2015
The film, like the world it's part of, remains just a little too precious, a little too self-involved, a little too insular. Instead of singing out, directly to us, it hums its little tune only to itself.
June 21, 2016
t's the scenes without music that feel false, and Song One has far too many of them.
January 23, 2015
Starts off as a singularly strong slice-of-life drama before dissipating into thin air.
January 23, 2015
There are no real surprises here, just lives played out quietly and succinctly under the seductive spell of music.
December 18, 2015
If you're a Hathaway fan, this will be worth your time; she's in every scene, and builds a convincingly tense relationship with screen mom Mary Steenburgen. But if you're looking for the next Once, well, this isn't it.
January 23, 2015
In her feature debut, writer/director Kate Barker-Froyland tends to tiptoe away from the dramatic high notes that audiences often crave and comes up a stanza or two short from a fulfilling resolution.
January 23, 2015
Anyone with the slightest allergy to emo-tinged millennial attitudinizing should steer clear.
January 29, 2015
Despite the delicate shadings Hathaway brings to the role, Song One moves inexorably from wan to wearying.
