Rom com ‘Finding You’ finds way to the heart, through Ireland
Jedidiah Goodacre and Rose Reid star in a scene from the movie Finding You. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Anthony Courtney, Roadside Attractions)
By Sister Hosea Rupprecht • Catholic News Service • Posted May 14, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) In adapting Jenny B. Jones’ 2011 young adult novel “There I’ll Find You” into a big-screen romantic comedy, writer-director Brian Baugh has shortened its title to “Finding You” (Roadside).
Jedidiah Goodacre and Rose Reid star in a scene from the movie Finding You. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Anthony Courtney, Roadside Attractions)
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NEW YORK (CNS) In adapting Jenny B. Jones 2011 young adult novel There I ll Find You into a big-screen romantic comedy, writer-director Brian Baugh has shortened its title to Finding You (Roadside).
He also has somewhat downplayed the book s Christian themes. Yet a sense of God s providence and care does seep into this coming-of-age story about an aspiring musician.
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Finding You, a coming of age romantic drama based on Jenny B. Jones’ novel
There You’ll Find Me and written and directed by Brian Baugh. The pic, which is available in theaters today, stars Rose Reid, Jedidiah Goodacre, Katherine McNamara, Patrick Bergin, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, with Tom Everett Scott, and Vanessa Redgrave
In the movie, after an ill-fated audition at a prestigious New York music conservatory, violinist Finley Sinclair (Reid) travels to an Irish coastal village to begin her semester studying abroad. At the B&B run by her host family, she encounters gregarious and persistent heartthrob movie star Beckett Rush (Goodacre), who is there to film another installment of his medieval fantasy-adventure franchise.
To convey the experience of the young-adult romance âFinding You,â here are some characters: Thereâs protagonist Finley Sinclair, a tall, blond violinist; heartthrob actor Beckett Rush and unfeeling manager-father Montgomery Rush; Beckettâs shallow co-star Taylor Risdale; and there are regular Irish folks named Seamus (who is habitually drunk), Molly and Patrick.
Thatâs what youâre in for.
Based on Jenny B. Jonesâ novel, âThere Youâll Find Me,â âFinding Youâ finds Finley (Rose Reid) finally following the fraternal footsteps of her deceased brother to Ireland, land of saints and scholars. The college-aged lass is a technically accomplished player trying to get into a conservatory that makes prospective students compose their audition pieces; apparently she has to learn to play from the heart to get over the top before her next try. Perhaps on her sojourn to the Emerald Isle sheâll learn that lesson ⦠and find roma