Ok, I've seen 5mins and it looks like one of those "lovely idea movies, trivialized by overused tropes", let's see.
I'll check out La Famille Bélier later on to see if they managed to avoid them, as I've noticed lately that French cinema seems to be able to do.

- I hate when in a movie they overstress a situation to prove a point. I get that in a coming of age movie, some versions of the usual scenes we all know will appear, but there are so many ways to make them less repetitive or with an original point of view..! Was the "parents arriving in a pickup with loud music to prove that their condition is embarassing the daughter" really the best way to show the point?
(brief shoutout to detective Fusco. We love you)
- Yet again at the doctor, with the overexplaining of the symptoms. And parents totally unaware of their behaviour.
- At the table. Would real people insist on that and ignore how their actions affect a loved one? Why blurt it out in such a way to the audience? I just don't get it
- Just.. ok.
- An unnecessarily full of himself teacher at the beginning which - I'm wildly guessing - will later turn out to be big-hearted?
- I like the actress, her eyes show many emotions even without words
- Improving, maybe it's finding its soul and rhythm
- That teacher needs to improve his meditating game, I see him a little tense (but good on him for playing cupid)
- Aah, the big heart is sneaking out there, you rascal. Nice duet scene and pep talk (and nice little detail of Ruby being so used to express herself without words, that she best describes her feelings that way. Maybe we could all learn a thing or two by that, just sayin').
I don't know sign language but the word you're looking for is "liberating"
- Mmm Mrs. Matlin underplaying her daughter's passion instead of supporting her - guessing again: cause she's afraid to let her go out in the World, specially with something that she's so unknown to her? - ... no like it. Again: if shown in such an obvious way.
(p.s. so many Joey Lucas memories!)
- Leo's frustration could be felt
- Nice touch from Miles remembering that old Ruby episode (and implying that her family situation made her step up her game, keeping her ground since she was a kid).
Ah, teenage love
- Mmm not-necessary-embarassing-the-two-teens-scene. Come on!
- Which **of course** creates a later misfit sitch at school
- Uh: "you're trying to sound pretty" is an underrated line! Now I know how to phrase it for those singers/Youtubers/Aspiring vocalists that try too hard
- "Funny how?". Mr. V. channeling his inner Tommy DeVito?
- Data and data in the same dialogue?
- 3.00 am alarm.
(Brief trivia fact no one asked for: I searched for "I fought the law" by The Clash for years, as I vaguely remembered the tune but not the words as I heard it before I knew how to speak English. Well, found it now. Yey)
- Nice (attempt of) apology scene near the lockers. They have good chemistry
- Nice opening up with the teacher and then with her family about her feelings. I would have liked the brother stepping in but... well, my preference
- "Joint suicide", wtf. Hahah
- Aww lovely lake scene
- I never thought of deaf people actually getting bored in a situation like a concert, like.. never pictured such a situation in general. But I can see it, obviously. As one can get distracted by... dunno, a situation where you are lacking the possibility to get the full experience. It's nice to be able to get such a point of view.
Also wondering how it is to develop the sense of rhythm without hearing, personal curiosity
- Her last name matches the dress
- Good empathy tool, turning the volume down to shift the experience point of view. Feels similar to A Quiet Place
- I was just thinking it would have been nice to have her sign the lyrics while singing on stage
- Miles has very red cheeks

Well, I'm glad it turned out better than the direction it seemed to be heading in the first minutes.
It was quite sweet and unpretentious even in its clichè moments.