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In a sensational and sentimental atmosphere, this melodic film pursues a youthful named Ollie Sway who is a music gatherer. He gets a kick out of the chance to keep the uncommon records. When he finds that his family's home contains a music record from 1978, he clarifies the point for his solitary companion requesting his assistance to steal the record.
The attractiveness of the scenery, and a quiet, dignified performance by Ms. Peña in what could now be her last movie appearance, wind up being the main redeeming values here.
Despite the beauty of the imagery, The Song of Sway Lake is a film that conflates that artsy, impressionistic cinematography with profoundly deep and emotional storytelling, as if one can turn the correlation into a kind of causation.
With scenes going from detective noir, to romance, to thriller, to dry comedy drama and then back again, it all becomes tiring, without a strong enough emotional depth to the characters to warrant much of the ruminative aspect
Filmmaker Gold might have been better off keeping a tight focus on the sparring interchanges between Ollie and his grandmother, for what they tell us about past and present.