This was a decent film, thank goodness.
Duncan Thomson (Chris O'Dowd) is a professor of American films but his biggest obsession is that of cult musician, Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke) who had one hit album more than twenty years ago and has since long faded from the limelight. He really needs to get another hobby.
Annie (Rose Byrne) Duncan's girlfriend, doesn't get what the hype is surrounding Tucker Crowe and posts that Tucker's album isn't such hot stuff and Tucker, of all people, agrees with her. They begin a secret email relationship while Duncan actually has the nerve to cheat on Annie.
Sure, the film is somewhat predictable, naturally, Tucker and Annie fall in love but Tucker is a truly fascinating character. He clearly doesn't know what a condom is as he has five children with four different women. The reunion in his hospital room after he has a mild heart attack is an epicly awkward scene.
Still, Annie doesn't have the courage to leave her hometown in England to be together with Tucker and Tucker is still living of his residual checks from his album so he certainly can't support Annie. And though Annie has had a tough life, she longs for a baby while Duncan didn't.
Finally, in the end, she leaves Duncan, for good and leaves for London, begins the process of having a baby on her own, and rekindles things with Tucker. And Tucker finally comes out with a new album, shocking the world by proving he's actually alive but Duncan hates it as apparently, being in love doesn't give Tucker good material to sing about. Thank goodness that isn't the case for everyone.
The plot is actually more complicated than it sounds and it is good, though the ending (the epilogue) does come from out of nowhere but the performances are good, natural performances with realistic dialogue so the film is a delight to watch and should be enjoyed by many. Grade: B+
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