The trials and tribulations of the latest Indie Folk Star - Jolene.
Even the charm of its two likeable leads can't sustain this flimsy road movie.
Even as a hipster rom-com it’s too reliant on rambling improv and superfluous quirks to sustain its sporadic laughs.
Sweet -natured but wafer thin and strangely lacking in memorable musical moments.
A great cameo by Dolly Wells helps and as I said, it’s cute.
A wilting, woeful effort in which the comedy comes nowhere close to being turned up to 11.
For every one sweet moment there are ten improbable like it.
This just goes to prove that it's easy to ape the improvisational style of the Duplass brothers or Shane Meadows, but pulling it off requires storytelling rigour, comic timing and more originality than what's on display here.
Adams seems uncertain whether he is making a satirical comedy about the music business, a teen romance or a road movie.
While the on-off romance between the central duo is kinda cute, they never for one minute convince as a band – a fatal flaw.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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