Unfortunately, this album just doesn’t go anywhere. Bravo on stepping out with authenticity and boldness. It takes some serious guts to bare your soul so publicly, and admire Smith’s openness and honesty on this album. This album is angsty and melancholy and emotional and whiney…įrom start to finish of In the Lonely Hour – from “Money on my Mind” to “Lay Me Down” – Smith pours out his soul. That is this Sam Smith album in a nutshell. It hurts too much.Īnd that is what we have here. Meanwhile, she’s staring at her old corded phone on her bedside table wondering if it’s going to ring or not. He’s probably listening to Boyz II Men too. Cut to him sitting in his apartment typing her 555 number into his phone, but he can’t bring himself to hit the “Call” button. Then cut to her teaching preschoolers or something. Cut to him distractedly working in his office glancing periodically out the window at…something. It goes like this: First, she’s reading a book at a coffee shop but can’t concentrate. You know the section I’m talking about – the movie cuts back and forth from one side of the broken relationship to another checking in on how each individual’s life is progressing without their other half. So they flounder for a bit while they figure out their emotions. Both are sad and lonely but don’t if know if that sadness is reciprocated. Most every romantic comedy has this in common: a minute-long segment, deep into the storyline, when everything is falling apart between the protagonist and his/her primary love interest.
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