Music from Another Room (1998)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Charlie Peters

Writer (WGA):

Charlie Peters (written by)

Release Date:

12 November 1998 (Australia)

Genre:

Romance

Plot:

Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny (Jude Law), a young...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Blind Girl | Love | Marriage | Gun

Cast

Jude Law	...	Danny
Jennifer Tilly	...	Nina Swan
Gretchen Mol	...	Anna Swan
Martha Plimpton	...	Karen Swan
Brenda Blethyn	...	Grace Swan
Jon Tenney	...	Eric
Jeremy Piven	...	Billy Swan
Vincent Laresca	...	Jesus
Jane Adams	...	Irene
Bruce Jarchow	...	Richard
Kevin Kilner	...	Hank
Jan Rubes	...	Louis Klammer
Judith Malina	...	Clara Klammer
Hillary Matthews	...	Sarah
Caitlin Sarah Needham	...	Lily

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35524) | France:U | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Capella International

Trivia:

There are numerous references to the book "Anna Karenina". They include, but are not limited to: Anna going out to skate the first time she meets Danny, the lecherous brother, the final scene involving a train.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the scene when Anna runs in and up the stairs, her fiancée and brother (with a cast on his foot) are at the foot of the stairs. They try to stop Anna from going upstairs, and when she still goes up, her brother turns around and it is clearly visible on the back of his cast that it's a slip on (it looks like Velcro might be holding it together).

Quotes:

Anna Swan: Fate? Oh, fate... please, the last refuge of the truly desperate!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Forever Mine (1999)

Soundtrack:

Fly Away

Hampton, VA

I was disappointed. I saw a mini trailer of the movie and was intrigued, especially after seeing Jude Law in Gattaca. The story was paper-thin, and Jude Law was good, and so was Brenda Blethyn, but... Well the difference between the trailer and the movie was that Gretchen Mol did not open her mouth. Once she did, all credibility was lost to me. She has a voice and a pose that are simply unsuitable for the role. I thought the character was supposed to be world-weary from trying to rescue her family, so I kinda imagined someone like Jodie Foster. Instead, because of her shrill voice and strike-the-pose mannerism, she was like a disgruntled supermodel. Yecch.