Populated with "characters", beautiful
scenery, and a kind of Zen-like rhythm, "Candy Mountain" has
the meandering feel of the journey in which the miles pass, scenes
shift, and not a whole lot happens, but some kind of insight arrives.
Here, the wisdom that seems to emerge is that the road is winding, the
end is not always in sight, the goal may or may not be obtained, but
the trip is worth it. This movie is a small gem that captures the
beckoning and lonely feel of the road that rolls off into the distance
and over the horizon. This also is a movie about and for people who
believe that music is a powerful and important force that touches the
heart and mind in seductive ways. Great Canadian country singer Rita
McNeil makes a brief cameo appearance. The acting is low key, as are
the movie's ultimate aspirations. No deep or sweeping message here,
just a sense of yearning as the miles pass and finally the coast
arrives, and there is nowhere else to go. See this: its offbeat and
likeable and oddly moving.
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