IMDb plot summary: A coming-of-age love story that follows an aspiring creator with synesthesia, who must come to terms with an uncertain future, while navigating the pressures of love, family, and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.
Directed by Rudy Mancuso. Starring Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, and Francesca Reale.
Musica is the story of a Brazilian college student struggling to figure out what he wants to do with his life, both professionally and romantically. His true passion is puppeteering, but that doesn't pay the bills, and he finds himself caught between the Brazilian woman his mom hopes he ends up with and his wealthy white college sweetheart. This is a very standard story on one level, but it has a few nice tricks up its sleeve that scoot it up a tiny bit from other lesser movies telling the same kind of story. One is that our main character is pretty likable. He's naive and wishy-washy and idealistic and a goofball who has conversations with his puppets, and even when he's making bad decisions you still want him to figure it out. The film also make some fun outside-the-box choices with its cinematography, particularly for the musical sequences, and its editing, particularly during the "dating two women at one" montage. Enough small sweet moments to turn the movie from watchable into enjoyable.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Música > Love Exposure
Música < Safe
Música < The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Música > Love Story
Música > Death at a Funeral (2007)
Música > Hereditary
Música < The Salesman
Música > Space Sweepers
Música > Something to Sing About
Música > Incendies
Música > The Romantics
Final spot: #1505 out of 3930, or 62%.
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