"Chopsticks" is a British English-language movie from 2001 that was written and directed by John MacInnes. It runs for 13.5 minutes and takes us into the world of music, piano playing to be more precise. The main reason why this is probably not completely forgotten by now is that Ron Moody plays the male co-lead and he is an Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner for the Best Picture winning musical Oliver! from way before this short was made. But now back to this one here. I kinda enjoyed it, the dramatic as well as funny parts. The last shot is also pretty nice. The story and plot feel a bit unusual, not as clean-cut as you might think, but fairly unexpected also with the big jumps in time (several months) and location (from the piano chamber to a party). Moody's character is certainly more memorable than the actual central character, but that is alright. He is not the guy from Whiplash and neither is he F. Murray Abraham from Amadeus. It is all more harmless really, even if he performs sligthly physical pain on his student early on. But he is not always in control as you could think he is. All in all, not a film that really impressed me or blew me away, but it is a little enjoyable movie and I certainly give it a thumbs-up. Definitely also worth checking out if you have never heard of Moody before and really no connection with piano playing (like myself) because I know I had a good time. And honestly at easily under 15 minutes, you cannot make too much wrong. Go for it! You'll also listen to some good music in the process.
Review of Chopsticks
