CODA 2 REVIEW MOVIE

But one of writer-director Sian HederвЂ™s most impressive feats is how shrewdly she handles the more familiar elements. CODAвЂs focus on the fraught ties between deaf and hearing communities gives it a foundation of freshness. ThatвЂ™s not to say the film offers nothing new. Dramatic Competition)Д¬ast: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Amy Forsyth CODA faithfully works its way through a checklist of tropes from high school comedies, disability dramas, musical-prodigy and inspiring-teacher narratives, coming-of-age tales about young people struggling to declare independence from overbearing families and indie chronicles of blue-collar America.

CODA 2 REVIEW MOVIE

Even with its unusual premise (CODA is an acronym for вЂњchild of deaf adultsвЂќ) and the representational novelty of three out of four leads being deaf - a notable difference from the original - the movie hardly feels like uncharted territory.

remake of 2014 French dramedy La famille BГ©lier, about the sole hearing member of a deaf family who discovers sheвЂ™s a gifted singer, is of the latter ilk. And there are those that lean into them - hard.

There are films that upend conventions and subvert expectations.

Coda 2 review