If you can tolerate all the contrivances and credibility stretches in this indie, you may find in then end it's a reasonably decent watch.
Set in Ogden, Utah amidst the picturesque snow capped mountains, Ben Barnes stars as Ryan, a street musician and aspiring song writer, who drifts from town to town mostly aboard freight trains, until one day he arrives in Ogden, and meets up with and begins to perform with his friend Georgie (Lyle Werner).
The ever charismatic Katherine Heigl co-stars as Jackie, who has just left her husband in New York, and returned to her hometown of Ogden with her daughter Lia (Emily Alyn Lind) and will stay at her mother's home there. Although not a lot of details are given, we learn she is about to enter bitter divorce proceedings with her husband, which may include a fierce custody battle for Lia.
By happenstance, Jackie and Ryan's paths will collide on the streets of Ogden, and there is an immediate chemistry between the two, as they both have the common ground of music, with Jackie being a former pop singer and guitarist. Ryan will eventually learn he may have a recording studio opportunity in Portland, Oregon, so the question will be which paths Jackie and Ryan will take, and how it will all turn out.
All in all, the movie written and directed Ami Canaan Mann can test your tolerance for plot contrivances. However, boosted by the performances of Heigl and Barnes, with good support form Lind, this indie kept me just interested enough to wonder how it would all end up. Additionally, I would say the film is bolstered by a flourish at the end, which includes some excellent bluegrass music.
Set in Ogden, Utah amidst the picturesque snow capped mountains, Ben Barnes stars as Ryan, a street musician and aspiring song writer, who drifts from town to town mostly aboard freight trains, until one day he arrives in Ogden, and meets up with and begins to perform with his friend Georgie (Lyle Werner).
The ever charismatic Katherine Heigl co-stars as Jackie, who has just left her husband in New York, and returned to her hometown of Ogden with her daughter Lia (Emily Alyn Lind) and will stay at her mother's home there. Although not a lot of details are given, we learn she is about to enter bitter divorce proceedings with her husband, which may include a fierce custody battle for Lia.
By happenstance, Jackie and Ryan's paths will collide on the streets of Ogden, and there is an immediate chemistry between the two, as they both have the common ground of music, with Jackie being a former pop singer and guitarist. Ryan will eventually learn he may have a recording studio opportunity in Portland, Oregon, so the question will be which paths Jackie and Ryan will take, and how it will all turn out.
All in all, the movie written and directed Ami Canaan Mann can test your tolerance for plot contrivances. However, boosted by the performances of Heigl and Barnes, with good support form Lind, this indie kept me just interested enough to wonder how it would all end up. Additionally, I would say the film is bolstered by a flourish at the end, which includes some excellent bluegrass music.