So I’ll admit to watching this only because I saw that a movie called Coda popping up in reviews. I didn’t read those reviews – I just noted there was buzz about this film about music so figured I should check it out. When I looked up the movie, I got this one. A movie about music and starring two actors I like. Only found out half way through this wasn’t the Code that was being buzzed about. Oops.

So (this) Coda stars Patrick Stewart as a famous pianist who is starting to get stage fright as he gets older. Katie Holmes plays an admiring fan and reporter who wants to interview him… and perhaps become his friend.

I like Patrick Stewart and it’s always nice to see him out of the captain’s or Professor X’s chair. In other words, not in a genre picture but in something more grounded where we can see him flex those actor’s muscles. And, hey, I still have latent Dawson’s Creek nostalgia so Katie Holmes is usually welcome too. They are pretty good together… until it gets a little unintentionally creepy.

I was engaged for the first half but I felt they lost the plot in the second. I get where it was going, but it was doing it very slowly and I just lost engagement. I just wasn’t feeling it. Even if the actors were doing their jobs.

So, yeah, certainly a watchable film but I guess it just never fully hooked me. I admired the performances but not the story as it went deeper.

Score: 72