I look forward to re-watching director Brett Haley's crowdpleaser again at this year's IFFBoston. It really is a film that needs to be seen with an audience. The tunes are excellent, it's a sort of paint by numbers musical with a millennial/woke spin to it. Nothing revolutionary or spectacular, but I liked the film for what it was and Kiersey Clemons? I swoooon.
Gunpowder & Sky will release “Hearts Beat Loud” on June 8.
This is all Rothman’s idea, by the way. He’s going to pour millions into this campaign because he believes “Brand New Day” is a great movie.