Come From Away
Published June 17, 2022
Film info
- Title Come From Away
- Director Christopher Ashley
- Year 2021
- Run time 1hr 47m
- Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
- Tagline Experience a story of healing and hope
Filmed live on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical tells the remarkable true story of 38 flights grounded in a small Canadian town on 11 September 2001. As the locals host these 'come from aways', they come together and find hope.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:57 | Simply loving these accents. |
| 8:01 | “An incident in the United States.” |
| 12:32 | If endless bad news means people want to help to be distracted, maybe that’s one upside. |
| 13:49 | Haha, the man not knowing about tampons. |
| 16:31 | BBC keeping everyone informed. Legends. |
| 20:49 | “You tink about it.” |
| 29:42 | “I have found one cat. Do you think it’s Lyle that’s barking?” |
| 33:16 | Numbers for the win, international translation by paragraph number. |
| 42:37 | “Are there vegetables in Canada?” |
| 49:04 | You can’t cancel hockey in Canada! |
| 59:44 | This multi-faith song is something else. |
| 1:02:05 | The plane is sinking into the runway? Jeez louise. |
| 1:08:20 | I’m not kissing no fish. |
| 1:12:30 | “The World War II crew retired.” YAS. |
| 1:19:08 | “You are not voting on our destination.” Yea, planes don’t work like that. |
| 1:27:09 | Canoodling! |
| 1:38:09 | “Knock, knock” “Come on in, the door’s open.” |
Thoughts
I’ve been wanting to watch this since Apple TV+ released it on their streaming platform, but was waiting for the right moment - I knew it was going to be a bit of an emotional watch, so the mood had to be right. I’m so annoyed I waited so long, because it’s brilliant!
And yes, it’s emotional, and it’s a bit corny in places, and oof the songs have to do a lot of heavy-lifting in terms of telling the story, but what an incredible piece of work. It’s funnier than I was expecting, and the staging was mind-blowing - so many characters with so few people, and they do so much with just a turntable, a hole in the wall, and a bunch of chairs. Amazing.
I don’t know that it’s a musical I’d go back to again and again for the songs, outside of I Am Here and Me and the Sky, I didn’t fell like there was a lot to hook into. But it will be worth watching over and again for sure.
Rating: 5 / 5