Prime Video movie of the day: Música is an unusual and heartwarming love story with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

Música is a little gem of a movie

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If you’re looking for a movie onPrime Videothat’ll warm your heart without being so sugary it’ll rot your teeth,Músicacould be just the thing. It’s a love story with an unusual twist: Rudy is “tortured by music”, hearing it everywhere he goes, and that’s shown on screen as everyday things burst into musical performances that often feel like they’re from the same universe asEverything Everywhere All At Once.

What is Música about?

Músicatakes its inspiration from star Rudy Mancuso’s own lived experience: he has synesthesia, which is a neurological condition where one sense triggers effects normally associated with others – so in Mancuso’s case he says “I personify sounds, feel shapes and see music”.

This “true-ish story” is set in a Brazilian neighborhood in Newark, and Mancuso plays a street performer who lives with his mom and whose girlfriend finds him, and his condition, frustrating. Then he meets Isabella, played by Camila Mendes. What happens next was described byThe Mercury Newsas “sweet and soulful”, and while it may be “hitting beats we’ve grown accustomed to” the film “doesn’t follow in others' footsteps. What a gem.”

There’s comedy here, but its in the magical realism of Rudy’s visions: theNew York Timessays it’s “a comic trip inside a mind that’s forever feverishly creating – even against his will” whileThe Hollywood Reportersays it’s a stylish coming of age debut where Rudy “navigates the turbulence of love, life and puppetry”. It’s “charming”, and “even when its narrative tips into clichéd territory,Música’s aesthetic remains loose and kinetic — an exciting reflection of its creator’s spirit.”

According toIndiewire, “on the surface, “Música” feels like a very standard story about a talented guy who finds himself caught between two girls he likes, and – rather than be honest with them – starts dating both at the same time.” But there’s much more to it than that. “Mancuso and director of photography Shane Hurlbut manage to deliver a stunning musical where no one breaks into a traditional song and dance number.” The movie “heralds the arrival of a filmmaker, an actor, and a musician worth paying attention to, while also delivering a winning and visually inventive musical comedy.”

Being a musical, not everyone will rank it among thebest Prime Video movies, but it’s gone down a storm with everyone who’s seen it.

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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