That’s not necessarily a dig: "CODA" may impart certain warm life lessons, but boasts some cultural specificity to high-schooler Ruby ( Emilia Jones) and her status as the only hearing member of a Deaf family.
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It turns out that the middle of the Venn diagram between the 1990s indie boom and the 2020s streaming boom is a project that resembles a sweet, well-intentioned, well-acted TV movie. On the more contemporary side, the buyer in that deal was Apple, which has turned the film into a showcase for their expanding streaming service. On the retro side, it’s an old-fashioned Sundance Film Festival crowdpleaser that won a Grand Jury prize and was snapped up by a big distributor. The modest family drama "CODA" straddles two decidedly different eras of filmmaking. Our critic’s take: A retro crowdpleaser with limitsĮmilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant in "CODA," now streaming on Apple TV+ (Apple TV+) The nominations: In addition to its Best Picture nod, "CODA" is also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sian Heder) and Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur). The cast: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster ( Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams." But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles ( Ferdia Walsh-Peelo).
Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents ( Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). The premise: "Gifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, seventeen-year-old Ruby ( Emilia Jones), is the sole hearing member of a deaf family - a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults.
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