Jackie & Ryan

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Nice simple story where a a drifter/musician meets a single mom struggling to leave her former life. both need to make some difficult life choices on how to move forward. it is well acted by barnes and heigl and a strong supporting cast. not great singing voices by the leads, but they aren't suppose to be highly successful musicians, so it is OK. movie is pleasant enough to watch and director ami mann gives us a strong sense of place (Utah rural community, folks just getting by, folks wanting to leave to make it somewhere else and end up coming back after). She manages a consistently smooth, non-sentimental, indie tone to the film.

I am not even half way through this movie. Very slow. Terribly boring. There is no excitement, no twist, no surprise, no thrill. Nothing much to this film. Total waste of time. The slowness and speed, the conversations between the actors are boring. The little bit of singing and music is alright. As the movie progresses I have only one desire that is to turn it off and look for something good. Clearly this is a bad one. It is suppose to be a romantic movie but there is little about that part too. This is probably one of the worst movie I have allowed myself to watch this long. Nothing about that movie or in that movie makes the viewer wish to keep watching. I was checking the reviews online and saw that it was rated a 3 star. I thought it was out of 5 stars. This is why I decided to watch it. Out of 5 it is a 1.

I love the music. Its probably the best performance from Katherine so far. I look forward to more of the same. This film is really refreshing and real. The characters resonate the reality of what the majority of folks in this country are struggling to handle in present day America. The movie is addressing what is important in life. I found it to be a powerful expression of our need to accept responsibility for our own lives and our roles in life as true creators. The characters expressed what it means to live their lives in a responsible loving way. A way of living that gives respect to ones fellowman, not trying to control everything and everybody for ones own personal gain. It's about unconditional love and personal honor. How can that ever be boring?

This movie doesn't have the kind of subject matter that requires such a slow pace. Scenes are too long. If each one was cut shorter, it may have been a little better. Heigl is a really good actress; usually raises a not movie up a level or two. Her accent comes and goes, which I guess can happen. You move away and lose it, but it returns you come back. But sounds like she has been living there for a while. Her singing is not good enough. Did she really sing? And I'm sorry but we can't be expected to believe that a nine-year- old gave birth. Sheryl Lee is much too young to be Heigl's mother. The way the movie ends is nicely done. You don't see that happen very much...

No, there weren't any exploding helicopters and no heads of state needed saving, but human beings changed, and helped each other, gave each other the push to find the inner courage to do what made them happy in life. What more do you want? Beautiful scenery, tenderness, love, and incredible music? It's all there. I love this movie. It's gentle and powerful and it touched my heart.

I watched this film with high expectations after looking at the reviews on here and it having a good rating on Netflix, I can honestly say I was extremely disappointed. The film did not have a clear story line and the little story line that it did have was not fully explained. All in all this film was definitely a waste of time and I would not recommend it to anyone.

It is a simple Love drama about a musician who meets a girl whom he falls in love in. Honestly if you're looking for a romantic movie it is adequate. But the reason why I gave it a high score is mainly not because of the love story which is very predictable, but because it is a great movie to inspire musicians. Being one myself I recommend this to guitarist whom are trying to rediscover their passion for guitar. Their is not much chemistry between Jackie (Katherine Heigl) and Ryan (Ben Barnes) it looks forced in real life luckily its a movie so it makes it plausible, thanks to the good acting of bot Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes. I recommend watching it mainly for the music not as much for the romance since its a lesser romance movie

Review: Man, this film was really boring. I was hoping for something major to happen in the storyline but it stays on a slow pace and depressing theme, all the way through the film. Its about a drifter whose hoping for a big break in the music business whilst busking in various places. He then comes across a woman whose been knocked down on the road by mistake, so he runs to her rescue, not realising that his possessions are being stolen at the same time. The lady, Jackie Laurel (Katherine Heigl), decides to offer the man, Ryan Brenner (Ben Barnes) a roof over his head and some hot food, which he gladly accepts after living rough in trains for some time. He then takes on some odd jobs around the house, like fixing there leaking roof, but her mum isn't happy with the arrangement so she makes his stay quite uncomfortable. Jackie is also a country singer who had a few hits in her time but now she is a single mother whose going through an emotional divorce were she has to fight to keep custody of her young daughter. Together, they help each other through troubled times and manage to find joy in life whilst trying to sort out there problems. I got bored after the first few minutes but the talented guitarist/country singer, Ryan, did play some good tunes. The storyline didn't seem to go anywhere and there love for each other was a dead end right from the beginning. I was left feeling empty when the film ended because nothing major happened all the way through the film. I thought that the poor drifter was going to make it big in the music world and come back to save Jackie but it ended quite abruptly which made the film a bit pointless. The love story is sweet and it's nice that these two people from completely two different world's, joined together and fell in love but I really struggled to stay awake through the film. Disappointing! Round-Up: Katherine Heigl, 36, is known for her comedy roles in films like Knocked Up, 27 Dresses, the Ugly Truth, Killers, Life As We Know It and the Big Wedding and she has taken on some dramatic roles in Descendant, Evil Never Dies, Valentine and Bride of Chucky. Her career blossomed after starring in the hit series Grey's Anatomy in 2005 and she hasn't stopped working ever since then. She also starred in 13 episodes of State Of Affairs during 2014-2015 so her acting career for the big screen had to be put on hold. I doubt that this film will damage her success as a Rom-Com specialist but if she's hoping to switch into the dramatic genre, she will have to pick her projects a bit better. Ben Barnes, 34, played the lead in Dorian Gary and also starred in the Chronicles of Narnia franchise, Stardust, the Big Wedding and Seventh Son but he's yet to become a household name. I personally find his acting quite weak but I was impressed with his singing and guitar playing skills in this movie. This is the second major movie release for director Ami Canaan Mann who also directed the intense thriller, Texas Killing Fields. I don't exactly know what she was trying to achieve with this movie because it does have a glum feeling through most of it but love does manage to eventually find a way which is what made the film slightly watchable. I still can't imagine myself watching it again anytime soon but I'm sure that there are many people out there that would enjoy this emotional drama. I recommend this movie to people who are into their emotional dramas about a train hopping busker whose fighting to make it in the music world and a former country star whose fighting to keep her daughter. 3/10

This is my first time to write a review (This movie makes me do so). Most people find this movie boring and without memorable scenes, but I was impressed by how the movie brings out the bitterness of life. Jackie and Ryan both pursued their music dream (Jackie used to be), but they took totally different paths. Ryan keeps perusing his music dream as a street singer while Jackie chose to get married and gave birth to her lovely daughter. The story is about how they met and how they supported each other during hard times and how their relationship grew. Although there are no special and memorable scenes like other movies do, it told us something important and I was impressed and love this movie so much. No matter what choice you have made, there is no right or wrong and most importantly, life goes on. There is no "what if" in life and we gotta go forward. We only look back when we wanna know how much progresses we made. There are always regrets and darkness in our lifetime, but we still gotta move forward and finally, we see hope.