Music of the Heart

Wondering what the very first review post on this blog is gonna be about??? Movie it is...!!
This is one of the movies that will always be a part of my greycells ,as a movie that has made so much impact on me !!! Its a really dramatic movie - the kind that brings one or two lachrymal secretions without your knowledge. outta mere bliss!
Lemme just get this straight - This is a Superb movie about how a school teacher (Meryl Streep), Roberta Guaspari, also a single mother attempts to rebuild her devastated life by bringing the violin into the lives of children in the New York City public school.Being a substitute teacher @ first she moves up the ladder with a combo of toughness and skill and never-say-die attitude ,inspiring the kids, their skeptical parents (in a world of racial discrimination - One of the moms discourages her child by sayin 'violin is a whiteman's instrument.y learn it?' :( )
The violin program slowly develops and attracts crowd.I like the violin classes frames of the movie second best.(yea .. I do have a habit of admiring movies Frame by Frame :) )
In the middle of the film, we jump ahead ten years to find that the violin program Roberta and Janet(friend of her potential lover) started in the beginning has been a success and Roberta is now teaching students at three different schools and over a thousand students have successfully passed through her and went on to become better violin players.

Suddenly , Roberta is informed that the budgets for music are cut and that the violin program could very well discontinue the next sem.Deciding that she isn't going down without a fight, Roberta rallies parents, teachers and media together in order to prepare for a concert to raise money to save the program so that kids in Harlem can still continue learning the violin, despite whether or not the board of education thinks it's an important skill to master or not. Through a multitude of different connections and sheer luck, Roberta not only gains several accomplished violinists to play alongside the students during the concert, but she also manages to nail the ultimate setting for this concert: Carnegie Hall for the FiddleFest ( the event name)
If you were wondering what the first best frame on this movie - The frames related to the fiddlefest are the ones that I had most fun !!! Loved it ..the old students making their entry and Roberta's smiles everything merges in gracefully ... The music in the movie is Awesome with a 'A' (especially the 'happy days' track) !! This 1999 movie is the movie with the max no of songs.(reminds me of Tamil cinema :D)It has received many awards too.. 5 if i remember right.

Music of the Heart is the fictional equivalent of the inspiring documentary Small Wonders.
See this film, fall in love with it, and possibly make a donation to the Save The Music Foundation...you'll feel very satisfied afterwards.
btw, This movie has influenced my Lifetime goals...(<--clik on this and read on..) It has inspired me to learn the violin.. :) 5 stars and a thumbs up from my lounger !!!!