An enjoyable enough movie for it's particular genre. Teen-age themes were very rampant when "WONDERFUL" was made. In my (humble) opinion, the thing that makes this movie most memorable is, not just the last few minutes, but the closing song. After hearing it, I fell in love with the song and the scene. It gave those last few minutes the "oomph" to put "that smile on yer face and tear in yer eye". It is a very fast, very Irish version of "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" by (not Elvis) but and Irish folk group called "Lick the Tins"(with the singer sounding very much like Melanie). While in the UK, I picked up a copy of their CD and was disappointed that the rest of their didn't live up to my expectations. Some one, working on the movie, had a "good ear" for picking out this gem and it is used to perfection.
One odd note, mostly everyone I introduced to this song, loved it, especially kids. Most of my Irish friends didn't see it as "special", they said it sounded like every other Irish band. (That must make Irish bands a great resource.) Maybe I should get out more, but I consider it their loss.....
One point of view I hadn't seen represented in other comments were those a gay friend mentioned to me. It seems when he watches the movie, he assumes Watts' boyish character to be a male, not a female. He watches it as a "coming out" film and said it was a common interpretation, by gays he knew, in a world where pop films didn't represent them adequately....
One odd note, mostly everyone I introduced to this song, loved it, especially kids. Most of my Irish friends didn't see it as "special", they said it sounded like every other Irish band. (That must make Irish bands a great resource.) Maybe I should get out more, but I consider it their loss.....
One point of view I hadn't seen represented in other comments were those a gay friend mentioned to me. It seems when he watches the movie, he assumes Watts' boyish character to be a male, not a female. He watches it as a "coming out" film and said it was a common interpretation, by gays he knew, in a world where pop films didn't represent them adequately....