Parents' Guide to A Love Song

Movie PG 2022 81 minutes
A Love Story movie poster: An artist's rendition of a motorhome parked by a lakeside against a mountainous backdrop

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Kat Halstead By Kat Halstead , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 10+

Beautifully filmed romantic drama has references to death.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 10+?

Any Positive Content?

  • A Love Song: A close-up of a White blond woman in her 60s beside a motorhome
  • A Love Song: A close-up of a Native American man in his 60s sitting in the open trunk of his car
  • A Love Song: A Native American man and a blond White woman, both in their 60s, sit together on the grass, with mountains in the background

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What's the Story?

In A LOVE SONG, Faye (Dale Dickey), a widowed woman in her early 60s, stays alone at a campsite in Colorado. Communing with nature and her trusty radio, Faye bides her time before a promised visit from her childhood sweetheart, Lito (Wes Studi).

Is It Any Good?

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This romantic drama is a subtle and lyrical affair, its stillness and silence punctuated by intimate close-ups, scratchy grassroots radio, and visits from campsite oddballs. There's a quiet sense of anticipation through much of A Love Song, even after Faye's gentleman caller arrives. Writer-director Max Walker-Silverman tears up the genre rulebook with his debut feature film and asks viewers to join his characters on a journey that could go anywhere, or nowhere at all. The simple beauty of nature fills the screen and the characters' days -- brought to life by Alfonso Herrera Salcedo's awe-inspiring cinematography and Ramzi Bashour's playful score. Quirky Wes Anderson-style touches offer an absurdist lens to Faye's monotony, giving scenes a dreamlike quality in places and adding to the sense of a story lost in time and space. A breath of fresh air as pure and cleansing as its sweeping natural setting.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about representation in A Love Song. How did the leads differ from those of a typical "Hollywood" romance? Can you think of other films that buck the stereotypes often seen in love stories?

  • The dialogue in the film is sparse. In what other ways did we learn about the characters and their feelings? Did you think the techniques were effective?

  • Faye shows perseverance in her dedication to waiting for a visit from her childhood sweetheart. Can you think of times in your life when you've shown perseverance? Why is it such an important life skill to have?

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A Love Story movie poster: An artist's rendition of a motorhome parked by a lakeside against a mountainous backdrop

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