Hold On (2019)

[steve jaros]

Title: Hold On

Tagline: Fighting to save her brother from a life of addiction on Los Angeles' Skid Row, an overlooked singing prodigy embarks on an unlikely journey with

Genre: Drama

Director: Tarek Tohme

Cast: Tarek Tohme, Luis Guzmán, Beth Grant, Micayla de Ette, John Savage, Carly Steel, Sean Harmon, Flavor Flav, Deric McCabe, Alvaro Orlando, Maurice Benard, Cemi Guzman

Release: 2019-12-06

Plot: Fighting to save her brother from a life of addiction on Los Angeles' Skid Row, an overlooked singing prodigy embarks on an unlikely journey with the son of a famed music manager.

 

[steve jaros]

Having one A-List selection for this week and having run out of movies I really wanted to see, I saw "Hold On" a couple days ago.

I'm glad I did. The movie is about a talented singer and the struggles she goes through to get her music heard while simultaneously addressing family problems. If that sounds like a familiar story, it is, but the cliches work because the acting and directing is sensitive and heartfelt. And the actress can really sing too. The movie does have a gospel/Christian inflection to it, but not overtly so. Just enough of one to make it appropriate for Christmas.

Not a great film, not even a hidden gem, but pretty good.

B