CODA (2021)

	Directed by: Sian Heder	COUNTRY France/USA GENRE Comedy/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Coda RUNNING TIME 111 minutes
	Produced by: Fabrice Gianfermi Phillippe Rousselet Jérôme Seydoux Patrick Wachsberger
	Written by (based on La Famille Bélier): Sian Heder

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Ruby Rossi	Emilia Jones	½
Bernardo "Mr. V" Villalobos	Eugenio Derbez
Frank Rossi	Troy Kotsur
Miles Patterson	Ferdia Walsh-Peelo	½
Jackie Rossi	Marlee Matlin	½
Leo Rossi	Daniel Durant	½
Leo Rossi	Daniel Durant	½
Gertie	Amy Forsyth	-

Review

Despite dabbling in some American clichés and laying out a familiar narrative structure at the outset, CODA slowly but surely turns predictability into idiosyncrasy and takes you on a heartrending yet uplifting journey in the lives of the deaf – and their children. Based on the award-winning French film La Famille Bélier (2014) and adapted to an American setting by Sian Heder, the film wraps itself in sentimentality, but makes sure it's a warranted sentimentality by delving deep into the psyche of its lead character Ruby, exploring her predicament and budding individuation with insight and subtlety. British actor Emilia Jones gives a wonderful performance in the lead.