A Song For Us: Review

21st August 2022

Corrina (Karen Scobie) is an aspiring filmmaker who one day she finds an old man named Tom (Keith McKie) busking by the side of the road and his music inspires her. Telling her mother, Alice (Lisa Kovack) about the man that she met on the street unlocks a series of memories in her as despite not seeing him for a long time, Alice and Tom grew very close once upon a time. So, Alice recounts the story of her younger days when Young Alice (Haley Midgette) and Young Tom (Tyson Coady) met and fell in love.

A Song for Us is a heart-warming drama about a time in the Sixties where everybody felt free and alive. Written and directed by Peter Hitchcock, A Song for Us tells a sweet story of love, regret and finds a way to make amends for the past.

Taking the audience back to the mid-Sixties, Hitchcock’s script and the production gently gives the audience a glimpse of a time gone by in a mostly authentic way. Although not having the kind of budget that a Richard Linklater film may allow, Hitchcock manages to evoke a time where half the country wanted to be free and the rest were embroiled in war.

For most of the film, the story focuses on Midgette and Coady and they have a real chemistry which makes the audience warm to them as they become a couple. However, there are issues with the depiction of the more troubling side of their relationship which doesn’t feel real. Also, there are times that the script doesn’t feel all that authentic, like Hitchcock threw in a few facts about the time to keep the audience immersed when it didn’t need to do so.

However, as the story goes on then it goes back to the present day and although the story there is somewhat predictable, the performances by the older pair still seem to match their younger counterparts. Particular attention has been paid to the older Tom and McKie gives a great performance as a man who has seen better days.

A Song for Us may come across a bit too saccharine and sentimental for some, but if you let yourself go and enjoy the music, then it’s a pleasant film to watch which will give you a warm hug.

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