I rarely have high expectations when I walk in to a movie theater, but for some reason I had set one for Nine.  Nine is about a movie director named Guido who is about to start filming his latest movie when he’s caught in a debacle because he hasn’t written a word of the script yet.  Guido is surrounded by a production staff that is working vigorously to make the movie come together while he runs around trying to “find” himself.
I had a hard time connecting with Nine.  It had many of my favorite aspects for a movie in it – talented performers and great music, so it shouldn’t have been so hard.  It wasn’t until the end that I really connected with the film.  The scene was with Guido setting up two actors in a scene in his latest movie that he wrote to win back his wife.  During the scene, people from his past are brought in behind him and his childhood self runs out and sits on his lap.  This all happens as he carry’s on normally, without notice.  It was touching to see everything that he struggled with throughout the movie finally serve as a sense of inspiration as he moves on with the “simple” outlook of a child.
Overall, I will stick to listening to the soundtrack rather then watching this. Â It seemed like a stretch to make this theatrical piece in to a movie but I believe it was well done for what there was to work with.
