I thought this movie was great, but there was so much potential trying to escape from the script. The setting, the screenplay, the actors, and the theme were all wonderful. The only thing that I did not like was the music. About 90% of the background music was either misplaced or just plain wrong for this movie. In a movie, the right music can add volumes to an expression or an emotion that the director is trying to exult from an audience. If this movie had been scored better, my rating would have probably gone up two, maybe three points. Christopher Walken's expressions alone would've held the movie, but when I saw the look on his face, which is always powerful, accompanied by an unequaled tune, I couldn't feel what I was meant to feel. Great movie. Bad music.
Review of Around the Bend
