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This made watching the movie a bittersweet experience.
(Say it, so it doesnt disappear, he implores them.)
This quartet of young lovers drives the story, but theyre just part of the expansive tapestry on display.
That idea is certainly not new, but it doesnt always work this well.
Everybody sings, in their own style and cadence, about what they would do with such a sum.
Its like Busby Berkeley by way of Vittorio De Sica.
This sort of informal awkwardness clashing against exacting choreography is the films sweet spot.
It works during the films softer moments, too.
Theyre in love, and theyre a little freaked out by how it has literally upended their world.
Their uncertainty heightens their grace, which in turn heightens their humanity.
The same could be said forIn the Heightsitself, which achieves a ramshackle beauty all its own.
