I didn't like it.. but thats just me

I think, above all, they were so drawn to each other because they felt they didn't belong there.

I didn't like it either it was slow and predictable not even the actors could of saved this one FAIL.

My mother would show up on time and know all her lines but who wants to pay to see my mother?

If you're such an optimist why would you question her attraction to him? It seems unfair but looking at your user pic I can see that you'd have a hard time understanding. You must be very "surface" oriented. In fact, your post is so obvious coming from you that it's almost funny.

Keith was an accomplished musician and Sophie was "an old soul" as they say. They shared a passion for music and my perception is that they both felt an emptiness that the other filled. I assume she saw a beauty in him as a person. Age makes no difference.

The reason I didn't like it was that "Sophie" kept getting the short end of the straw and I don't see how the end could be considered satisfying. It seemed very selfish and cold. Sophie had a vulnerability and opened herself to Keith only to become everyone's scapegoat. She didn't deserve any of the hate that she received because after all she was only 18 and it isn't like she threw herself at Keith or that punk Aaron. Lauren was smitten with that douche but denied she even liked him.

On a psychological level, Sophie's parents died while she was young, and so she was cared for (primarily) by her uncle... the one that introduced her to piano, and recently passed away from a serious illness. I'd say Sophie saw both a father figure and a kindred spirit in Keith.

I'm a musician (pianist, mostly), and I have to say that there is something magical about sitting next to a person on that bench that shares your passion for playing and listening. Keith's wife collected cookie jars and knocked his "hobby" of auditioning for first chair, while his daughter was more of a party girl championship swimmer. Sophie may have come from England, but it might as well have been from another planet. She was so out of place and at the same time, so similar to Keith, that he realized how he had lost himself along the way and it took her being there to recognize it.

I had a hard time with this film. I watched "About Cherry" before it, which frustrated me with relationships in general. "Breathe In" was beautiful, especially due to the score. I was very conflicted as to what I wanted for the characters. The line where he says, "You seem a lot older than you actually are," and she replies, "One day you'll be free" really got to me. There was no option to choose, which is something Sophie felt very strongly about. She didn't want to just choose something because it was something she could do. For Keith to be happy, he would have to choose to cause misery all around him, and run away from the life he had spent 17 years creating. I wanted them to be free together, and I wanted a film that respected the notion that you can hurt the ones you love. I got the second one. The final scene of him closing the piano lid, and forcing a smile made me sad, indeed.

I'm going to have to buy the soundtrack. I loved the way the cello represented Keith, and most of the piano was Sophie, so the two working together in the final theme before the credits rolled was amazing.

This isn't the kind of movie I could recommend to many people. It's not a happy ending, there's not a ton of resolution, and it isn't an escape from reality. The ones that I would tell to watch it, though, I'm fairly sure would find that what I loved about it resonated with them as well.

If you enjoyed this, check out "Once". It's a few years old - fantastic film about two people coming together to play music and the relationship that forms.

I loved it. Was intense. Who cares if it was predictable or whatever, you're meant to enjoy movies and I enjoyed it. Anyone, especially a married man, can relate to this movie, because any young girl coming to stay in your house is going to get your eyes toward them. It just depends on your control and situation in life.

What happened with Keith was that for many years he's been living a robotic life and doesn't even know what he's doing anymore with a wife he's not sure he even loves or shares the same interests. Then one day this young beautiful girl walks in and is staying in your house, not only that but you find out you share the same interest and passion in music on the same page, so he's probably getting strong feelings toward her, something in his mind like "Holy crap, this girl is really on the same page as me, she understands, I don't even need to open my mouth, she knows. My wife is on another planet, we have nothing in common, blah blah." He's seriously feeling like a teenager falling in love for the first time. He starts believing he's seriously in love with this girl without even thinking about it... and it really does happen in real life. Love does blind you. Unfortunately she was way too young and still needs to experience a lot in life. It was just a magical puppy love moment. Keith is the one who probably needed to be the grown up there and stop it all... try make his life work out with his wife and daughter, if it didn't, he should of left. If I was him, I'd probably also be totally infatuated with Sophie but I would of stopped it because she's too young and there is no future. But I do get how he felt when he was with her, he just wanted to escape and run off with her. He had a dream but it wasn't realistic enough. It took his daughter to get into a car accident to realize that.

I thought she saw in him the nurturing characteristics of her uncle combined with the failed ambition of her father. She recognised his talent and desire to excel beyond the life he'd led and she sought to give him the push he needed. Unfortunately, due to her naivety she failed to realise the negative repercussions this would have on his family by getting too close.

I liked so much..!! (9 or me)

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I guess in the first five minutes of the film, as the host parents drive Sophie home, you can already see how the wife belittles her husband. That goes on also when they're talking at dinner time. She just crushes him (and his dreams/talent) again and again. Seeing him being 'emasculated' and put down by his own wife probably made Sophie pity him already. And pity is a strong feeling.

His talent is the very same talent Sophie has. And whilst she's trying hard to run away from it, this man is so desperatly trying to reach it. They were in very similar positions, but sort of going in opposite directions at the same time.

When he sees her play the piano in class... It totally blows him away! That was the point when she became somewhat of a 'soulmate' to him: so much talent, hidden, unused. Like his own.

It's easy to feel deeply attracted to someone who's going through the same stuff you are. It's like you've known each other for ages, even if you've just met. There's such a strong bond, an irresistible connection, which goes way beyond the (shallow) appeal of 'looks' or age.