Ein charmanter Teenager, ein aufstrebender Musiker, tut sich mit dem Sohn eines Rockstars zusammen, um die Talentshow der Schule zu gewinnen.Ein charmanter Teenager, ein aufstrebender Musiker, tut sich mit dem Sohn eines Rockstars zusammen, um die Talentshow der Schule zu gewinnen.Ein charmanter Teenager, ein aufstrebender Musiker, tut sich mit dem Sohn eines Rockstars zusammen, um die Talentshow der Schule zu gewinnen.
Samuel Paul Small
- Max Marvin
- (as Samuel Small)
Sue Lawley
- Sue Lawley
- (Synchronisation)
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In small town 2005-6, George is in his last year of high school, and dreams of being a music star. However, he has failing grades, including music class, where he can only plunk out the same few notes that will form the rhythm track of his barely-started song. He holds out hope of being noticed at the year-end Leavers' Talent Show, though a kindly teacher warns him that, after the show, he will be leaving.
Along comes new student Max, son of a famous music duo (who recently separated, both professional and marital). Even if faulty, Max's rendition of a piano sonata is far above George's efforts. Despite being mobbed by girls, Max has his eye on George, and they work on his song together. While on an overnight trip to a challenge camp, Max gets George to sneak out with him to drink and have a kiss - which is captured by a paparazzo, making them big local news.
Max decides to leave for London, where he could be lost in the crowd, leaving George to perform alone at the Talent Show.
This film has an interesting concept of being divided up into "tracks", each part introduced with a different song. With his disinterest in them, the girls at school has already pegged George as gay, while lesser experience with Max means he is still not typecast - until the photo comes out. As the audience, we are waiting to see if the Bromance becomes something more.
Along comes new student Max, son of a famous music duo (who recently separated, both professional and marital). Even if faulty, Max's rendition of a piano sonata is far above George's efforts. Despite being mobbed by girls, Max has his eye on George, and they work on his song together. While on an overnight trip to a challenge camp, Max gets George to sneak out with him to drink and have a kiss - which is captured by a paparazzo, making them big local news.
Max decides to leave for London, where he could be lost in the crowd, leaving George to perform alone at the Talent Show.
This film has an interesting concept of being divided up into "tracks", each part introduced with a different song. With his disinterest in them, the girls at school has already pegged George as gay, while lesser experience with Max means he is still not typecast - until the photo comes out. As the audience, we are waiting to see if the Bromance becomes something more.
After watching a few really heavy gay-themed movies lately, this was absolutely the tonic I needed.
How lucky are young queer kids today that they get the opportunity to watch movies like this.
Some might say it's tropey, but I absolutely believe that this story hasn't been done in this way for a queer audience before.
It's warm, funny, sweet - but not as 'sickly sweet' as Heartstopper, which has been criticised as being a very sanitised version of a teen gay romance. This on the other hand feels less wistful and a bit more real (obviously it's still somewhat in the fantasy category though).
Very emotive like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and really funny and taps into cultural references and great music like Big Boys. In fact, this is a great pick me up after the finale of season 3 of Big Boys.
If this was distributed on Netflix, it would be going crazy. This could be the best gay movie you've never heard of!
Thank you to the creators. Brilliant!
How lucky are young queer kids today that they get the opportunity to watch movies like this.
Some might say it's tropey, but I absolutely believe that this story hasn't been done in this way for a queer audience before.
It's warm, funny, sweet - but not as 'sickly sweet' as Heartstopper, which has been criticised as being a very sanitised version of a teen gay romance. This on the other hand feels less wistful and a bit more real (obviously it's still somewhat in the fantasy category though).
Very emotive like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and really funny and taps into cultural references and great music like Big Boys. In fact, this is a great pick me up after the finale of season 3 of Big Boys.
If this was distributed on Netflix, it would be going crazy. This could be the best gay movie you've never heard of!
Thank you to the creators. Brilliant!
Bottom line is that this is a meant to be a sweet coming out tale between two 16 year old boys and some of it is sweet, but a lot of it is fanciful, unrealistic and syrupy. The lead, Joe Anders as George, does a pretty good job as a closeted student whose only interests seem to be music and a new, and famous, new student named Max played somewhat adequately by Samuel Paul Small, the eventual love interest. George is super introverted and bullied by many, especially a horrible girl named Molly. All of this fairy tale like piece leads to Max giving George confidence and a school talent show and, of course, love between George and Max blooms. While it does have some sweet moments, if all of this sounds rather mundane, well, it is. I do wish I could be more supportive of this as it is co-written & co-produced by an actor I greatly admire, Josh O'Connor, who also has a small role here, but that admiration doesn't make this a better film.
George Bobbin is a shy, underperforming teenager who hasn't quite found his way yet. What he does know is he loves music. Then along comes Max, the son of a famous rock duo who have just recently separated leaving Max to live with his mom in Yorkshire where he meets George at his new school. Maxs' captivating smile seems to immediately get George's attention while Max seems to be magnetically drawn to George. Max befriends George offering to help him with his musical desire to enter the end of year talent show. While both have music in common, they find that as their friendship grows their attraction to one another does as well. Relentlessly pursued by the ever intrusive press, Max makes the hard decision to move with his father in London far away from Yorkshire and George. George has to learn to step up for what he believes in, and break the shy nature he has grown so comfortable with.
Bonus Track is a fun, light-hearted romantic comedy that will leave you just a little bit obsessed with George and Max and they're budding romance. I found myself rewatching scenes that touched my heart and I think you will too. There's something so charming about Max, played by Samuel Small, that leaves you wanting to see him more. His confident demeanor is strong throughout the film until one scene when he shows his vulnerability making him that much more relatable. This will definitely be one of my favorite coming of age movies for years to come.
Bonus Track is a fun, light-hearted romantic comedy that will leave you just a little bit obsessed with George and Max and they're budding romance. I found myself rewatching scenes that touched my heart and I think you will too. There's something so charming about Max, played by Samuel Small, that leaves you wanting to see him more. His confident demeanor is strong throughout the film until one scene when he shows his vulnerability making him that much more relatable. This will definitely be one of my favorite coming of age movies for years to come.
Bonus Tracks (2024)
Having gone into the film blind, there was no IMDb reviews at that point. I found a teen film based around two 16 year old boys, meeting with the pretext of helping the awkward and academically failing George, fall for the much cooler son of a musician Marvin.
George wants to leave school with something for his peers to remember him by, and he hopes that that will come at the school leavers show.
George enlists Marvin to help him with his keyboard ditty turning it into a upbeat pop singalong.
Think of Hugh Grant helping the socially awkward Marcus in "About A Boy" and you get the idea.
Its a strange film very badly cast with all of the 16 years kids, looking so much older, I'd guess the average age must be about 25 years old. Even Marvin wears a brace to make him look younger. It is an embarrassing mess of a film. Saying that if you were a teenager in 2006 the music will connect.
A poor 4/10
PS What was more annoying was my cinema treat of buying Cadbury's Crunchie Rocks only to discover that it only contained 15% honeycomb delight and 15% corn flakes, why call if Crunchie if it only contains 15% , Cadbury's hang your head in shame.
George wants to leave school with something for his peers to remember him by, and he hopes that that will come at the school leavers show.
George enlists Marvin to help him with his keyboard ditty turning it into a upbeat pop singalong.
Think of Hugh Grant helping the socially awkward Marcus in "About A Boy" and you get the idea.
Its a strange film very badly cast with all of the 16 years kids, looking so much older, I'd guess the average age must be about 25 years old. Even Marvin wears a brace to make him look younger. It is an embarrassing mess of a film. Saying that if you were a teenager in 2006 the music will connect.
A poor 4/10
PS What was more annoying was my cinema treat of buying Cadbury's Crunchie Rocks only to discover that it only contained 15% honeycomb delight and 15% corn flakes, why call if Crunchie if it only contains 15% , Cadbury's hang your head in shame.
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