Tag Archives: Brett Haley

Hearts Beat Loud review — Father-daughter picture an unassuming charmer

November 15, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Brett Haley | Written by Haley and Marc Basch | 97 min Imagine if Barry Judd, Jack Black's character from High Fidelity, finally grew up, got together with someone, became a father, and opened his own record store in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Twenty years later he'd probably be Frank Fisher, the guy Nick… Read More

I’ll See You In My Dreams review — It’s best to age like fine wine

May 27, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Brett Haley, written by Haley and Marc Basch "It's hard to lose somebody, no matter how many legs they have." It's a great line, delivered by the always solid Sam Elliott, about the death of an elderly Golden Retreiver. It's a rule of Hollywood screenwriting, if there's an old dog in the early going, it's… Read More