Rating: 8.9
CODA is a beautiful film. I loved it and cannot recommend checking it out enough! I could easily see this winning best picture and I can’t help but want to just rave about this film. I loved getting to peek inside the lives and challenges of a marginalized and often forgotten group. It’s shows that the difficulties brought in by deafness are not only experienced by the deaf people themselves but also their family members, especially their children who can hear. It’s a brilliant and heartfelt exploration of this as we follow Ruby, a young girl whose deaf family relies on her to help with their fishing business while she looks to pursue her love of music, something they can’t truly get a sense of. I thought it was just excellent and I LOVED it. Sure, it’s somewhat formulaic for the coming of age genre, but it’s a truly radiant film, it’s a deeply satisfying heart-warmer that embraces the pleasure and pureness of the formula, reminding one of the comforting and cathartic feelings of a feel good story that’s well told. And that’s exactly what this is. Emilia Jones is stunningly good in this movie and delivers what I think was one of the best performances this year. Not to mention her singing voice is gorgeous and she learned to both sing and sign for this role! The movie is just fantastic and it works so well as a comedy-drama, it’s just exactly why it needs to be. Director Siân Heder did a perfect job, every aspect of this film excelled. It’s simplistic, beautiful and delightful. I truly loved it. It’s a must see masterpiece.
I could very much see this taking Best Picture at the Oscars.
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IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
Metacritic Score: 75
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Directed by Siân Heder
Screenplay by Siân Heder
Based on the film “La Famille Belier”
Cast: Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin
Runtime: 1hr 51min
Rating: PG
Comedy, Drama, Music
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As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
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