Disappointing Irish teen band film – so transparently a
wish-fulfilment fantasy that it didn’t really hold my attention. Nice premise –
posh kid gets sent to tough school because his parents are broke, survives and
attracts cute (slightly older) girl by forming a band with his mates. But if we
are expecting a teen version of The Commitments, that’s not what we get. The
band are brilliant from the very start. He writes brilliant songs with no
apparent effort. There’s no conflict within the band, they all practice
regularly at one of the band member’s house while his mum bring them tea and
snacks, the pretty girl is snaffled straight away – even the lead’s violent
school-bully nemesis is won over and becomes the band’s roadie. Too good be
true, and too good to be an interesting film.
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