ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Animenter There are women in the film, but none has anything you could call a personality.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

moonspinner55 Female student returns from her travels to be near her brother, comatose after a car accident; to 'bridge the gap' between them, she befriends her brother's idol, a folk musician. Anne Hathaway is an intelligent young actress whose savvy self-awareness defeats her here; she seems too aware of her sad smile and her sensitive gaze--she overworks both, trying to get us to feel something. Unfortunately, neither her quietly beatific face nor her constant walking up and down city streets (the camera tracking her intently) does much to build a character. Writer-director Kate Barker-Froyland throws a pity party for this child-woman, who blushes and squirms adorably when her mother brings up the long-ago past (1992!) and stares with pretty sadness when music conjures up tucked-away bittersweet memories. It's a forlorn valentine to phoniness. *1/2 from ****

Peru Honolulu Not a directorial masterpiece but the storyline was lovely and sound mixing and soundtrack were excellent. The film has a very mellow tone throughout and should be a hit with any genuine admirer of the acoustic music scene. I've rated 7/10 for Anne Hathaway's beautiful portrayal of a humble and shy character, and the feast for the ears that is this film's sound; both in songs and the sound of the cityscape it celebrates so well.Although i don't relate to the characters, the quiet progression of the film does not reflect on the ability of the actors so i disagree with some of the comments above. This is more of a situation film and the ending does not evoke the feeling of too much sugar in your mouth like other films of the same genre.

Desertman84 Song One is a romantic film written and directed by Kate Barker- Froyland that is set against the backdrop of the modern folk music scene.It stars Anne Hathaway and Johnny Flynn together with Mary Steenburgen.Franny is has musician brother with whom she has been estranged with named Henry.Later,he found out that her brother was hospitalized in coma after he met a car accident.She returns home to be with his brother.She then uses her brother's notebook to find out how his life has been through after she left home.She then seeks musicians and artist that Henry loved and in the process meets Jeremy Forester,his music idol.She was able to convince him to perform at her brother's bedside and later forms a romantic relationship with him.In the end,Henry wakes up from coma.The story was slow that it became boring.Added to that,the screenplay was absolutely formulaic and predictable that there was nothing really surprising in the events that are about to happen.Despite the presence of Hathaway,the film basically provides nothing new except the folk music being sung in it while the story is being told.Overall,it would have qualified more as a television movie.

C-Younkin "Song One" is the musical equivalent of dead air. I've had problems with movies like "Once" and "Begin Again" in the past, so interested in creating ach-y musicals about wounded characters, all to the tune of whiney songs, that they never rise above predictable and dull. And yet I'm tempted to praise those after watching "Song One", a film that seems to have even less conflict, even more sullen-faced characters, and almost no energy to its straight-forward story telling. It's the kind of romance that would make a Kathryn Heigl film look like it was made by Stanley Kubrick. Anne Hathaway produced this first feature from Kate Barker-Froyland and also stars in it as Franny, a humanitarian called back to New York when her subway-musician brother's accident leaves him in a coma. During her time back, she meets her brother's hero- James Forrester (Johnny Flynn), a musician who hasn't recorded in the five years since his girlfriend left him. He needs inspiration, she needs to forgive her brother for dropping out of college to become a musician. There ya go in a nut shell. It's a plot so simplistic that Hathaway couldn't even promote the thing on "The Daily Show" last week without giggling. Notice she didn't do that with Les Miserable's Fantine (although "hahaha she loses her job, sings a song with a bunch of tears and snot on her face, then dies hahahaha" would have been hilarious). Anyway, we know where this is all going, James and Franny are nothing more than lost, wandering bores whenever they're not together, a scene where James serenades her unconscious brother is meant to be beautiful but just looks clumsy, and there are no insights, from the creative process to the grieving process, other than both work better with a sex buddy. Franny is a role that gives Hathaway nothing to do other than practice crying and giving looks of concern. Johnny Flynn is a talented musical performer but that doesn't change the fact that you forget the music, which comes courtesy of Jenny Lewis (from the indie band Rilo Kiley) and her boyfriend Johnathan Rice, almost immediately after it ends. Otherwise he's kinda glum too, unless they're together, in which case sometimes they smile. It's a romance built on almost nothing other than needing whoever is in close proximity. Showcasing some really talented performers around the city, it's too bad "Song" has to keep its proximity closest to these two.