Review of This Movie Is Broken (2010) by Nikolai E — 13 Mar 2011

This is a concert film, the best one I've ever seen in my admittedly limited experience of the subject, but while you're watching it it's almost impossible to tell whether the film is more interested in filming a live performance or telling a simple, genuine, naturalistic love story.

The film is all about a mood, the feeling of a very specific time and place, the feeling of being in an important and meaningful moment and fighting to hold onto it and make the most of it, but the more you fight, the more it slips away.

More than anything, it feels like Toronto. Our local film industry does not often distinguish itself, but the fact that we have storytellers as proficient and skillful as Bruce McDonald and Don McKellar is something for which I am eternally grateful.