An ambitious adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s hit novel tries to involve us in a tale of stardom but something is off
, at once too long and not enough. It’s a diet soda version of love, lust and 70s music, a heavily promoted shrug.
But it’s not surprising in that for all the well-intentioned effort – and both Amazon Studios and the actors are trying very hard here – it is simply very, very difficult to translate the sensation of popular music from theory or reality to screen. Amazonin constructing the book’s music, including 25 original songs overseen by producer Blake Mills, written in collaboration with such musical figures as Phoebe Bridgers, Marcus Mumford, Jackson Browne, Madison Cunningham and Chris Weisman.
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