I don't know what it was, but within the 1st scene I knew I was gonna like this film. Maybe something just appealed to me from the on-set, who knows... None the less, this is a timely classic; sweet in it's telling, yet frank in telling it straight.
A great cast of characters who pour emotions out of real life and into this story. You do get thrown from side to side with scenes and you end up rooting for different people at different times, as you want the best for the character at that given moment - you feel for each one of them and want to take their side, but when it boils down to it, you want Doug, the gentile moralistic folk singer, to shine with this light which you see in him from the word go.
Whole-heartedly agree with 'jarlath-lavelle's comment. As soon as I watched it on BBC iPlayer I went looking for it to buy! =))
A great film and time well spent watching !
A great cast of characters who pour emotions out of real life and into this story. You do get thrown from side to side with scenes and you end up rooting for different people at different times, as you want the best for the character at that given moment - you feel for each one of them and want to take their side, but when it boils down to it, you want Doug, the gentile moralistic folk singer, to shine with this light which you see in him from the word go.
Whole-heartedly agree with 'jarlath-lavelle's comment. As soon as I watched it on BBC iPlayer I went looking for it to buy! =))
A great film and time well spent watching !