Falling for Figaro

2020

Action / Comedy / Romance

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 4825 4.8K

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Plot summary

A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.

Director

Ben Lewin Photo
Ben Lewin

Top cast

Joanna Lumley Photo
Joanna Lumley as Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop
Vicki Pepperdine Photo
Vicki Pepperdine as Patricia
Saskia Ashdown Photo
Saskia Ashdown as Eve
Hugh Skinner Photo
Hugh Skinner as Max
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962.49 MB
1280*538
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 2
1.93 GB
1904*800
English 5.1
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 44 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fnnshwq 7 / 10

A Remake

As an opera buff, I was already halfway towards enjoying it anyway and it certainly is the ultimate "feelgood movie" and the ending was relatively predictable. However there is a delightful movie made more than 10 or 12 years ago called "the music teacher" it's French and the storyline is much the same! Indeed I began wondering to myself whether or not the writer and producers of this movie had in fact seen the music teacher which influence them to rewrite it and make a modern version . If you do a search on this database you will come up with a French version made in 1998 and it has the retired singer teaching 2 aspiring singers who are training for a singing competition. At the end there is a singing duel! I think overall the earlier French version is much more polished.
Reviewed by lenclem 7 / 10

Well, that was interesting

First off, Scotland is beautiful. The long shots of the crags and forests deserve a billing.Second, if Scotland is part of the cast why only one costume? I understood the plot to suggest the preperation for the contest would take a year. Not sure if I saw early spring or late fall but don't feel I saw the whole year.There were a number of humorous scenes in the movie but they lacked much connection and didn't do much to explain how the characters were growing through these situations.Is it a spoiler to ask for more of Max's background? Or the nature of the relationship between Ramsey and Meghan? Or to see how Millie's growing talent and dedication transformed Meghan's cynicism into genuine belief in her students' potential?I was happily entertained, and found I was even able to enjoy a few arias (spoiler alert - I generally tell people I appreciate all music except opera). Just disappointed that there were so many untended loose ends.
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