What: Making a film adaptation of the musical The Last Five Years is a weird choice.
- It's a musical
- It has a very, very, very limited number of characters (2)
- In the stage version, the characters have a total of one (1) scene together
- The story is told from two viewpoints
- One viewpoint is a linear timeline
- The other viewpoint's timeline is in reverse
- ... at the same time
- It is not big or flashy, and no one dies
- It does not have a happy ending
But! They somehow pull this off.
- Anna Kendrick is wildly miscast as a blonde "Shiksa Goddess," but also she is excellent
- The music is really beautiful and translates surprisingly well to the big screen
- Jeremy Jordan is not at all bad to look at
- The characters seem like real people who do and say things that actual people really do (... and also they sing)
- Seriously, Anna Kendrick is so good
- Seriously, the music is so good
How to get it: Currently streaming on Netflix
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