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Mark M @MJM72 07/13/2025 Who doesn't love a good "grumpy/loner adult meets child/teen from disfunction and form an unlikely friendship that blesses both" movie?!? (See -- About a Boy, Annie, Curly Sue, Karate Kid, and, of course, the best of them all, Up.) However, whatever could have been poignant or moving was effectively lost through some very poor editing/directing decisions. There are scenes that end abruptly, and one goes to the next scene unsure of what just happened in the previous. (In the beginning, a scene ends with Ray (grumpy/loner adult) not wanting to help Ernie (teen from disfunction) learn the guitar. Cut to the next scene and Ernie is riding in Ray's truck. What? How did that happen? In another scene, maybe just 20 seconds long, Ernie is looking for his guitar. He enters the house, looks for it, and can't find it. Peeking his head into another room, he says, "Where's my guitar?" Cut to the next scene and he's walking down railroad tracks. Again, what? Another short (5-ish seconds) scene shows a pawnshop owner lying down on a pew in what looks to be an abandoned church? Why? No idea. Another scene shows a former love interest of Ray's sitting in a bar having a drink, no one says a thing to her and she says nothing...that scene cuts away. Why are we seeing that? Someone help a viewer out with some info! Some of the above scenes (not the one with the pawnshop owner) become clear later...but it's hard to enjoy a movie when you're constantly thinking "What in the world is going on?" the whole time. See more Read all reviews

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