2021 1h 33m What a little gem of a film. When I read the description of it, I thought this one could get a bit sappy. Which I'm okay with. But it wasn't at all. It's about a young, teenage girl Beverly (Gemma Brooke Allen)who's being raised by her grandmother Gail (Julie Bowen). Her parents died in a car crash when she was two and she knows very little about them because her grandma rarely talks about them. One day, while sorting through a box of her parents belongings, she discovers a mix tape they made. It's full of 80s rock tunes and when the tape is ruined the first time she plays it, she goes on a quest to hear all the songs convinced they're actually a message to her.
Beverly engages the help of Anti (Nick Thune), an eccentric record store owner and a couple of her friends. Not only does she gain some understanding of her parents, her grandma begins to open up about them, as painful as it is. In the process, the two begin to heal and look at life a bit differently. The film takes place in 1999, right before the potential Y2K meltdown, and they get just about everything about the time period perfect. I thought the acting was terrific, the soundtrack engaging, and the message beautiful. It's just an overall sweet and heartfelt film the whole family will enjoy.
4 out of 5 stars
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