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My Own Love Song

My Own Love Song

Comedy · Drama · 2010

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Movie details

My Own Love Song

2010 Comedy · Drama 1h 40m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Olivier Dahan

Written by

Olivier Dahan

Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

Jane Wyatt

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Joey

Madeline Zima

Madeline Zima

Billie

Elias Koteas

Elias Koteas

Dean

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Caldwell

Annie Parisse

Annie Parisse

Nora

Tim Parati

Tim Parati

Chris

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Put My Own Love Song on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.