everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

A movie without much to expect, the photography though is good enough with all that underwater scenes in the Caribbean. Quite a poor plot and certainly not interesting. However the music was not bad and the directing satisfactory for such kind of movie. Can' t say much about the actors since they did not do much, but they were acceptable. I can say I have seen movies I begged them to end, but this was definitely not one of them. On general terms I would say indifferent apart from "Rik" (James Murray)!!! I definitely give him a 10!!! This guy does not need to speak, one can stare at him for hours....Of course I regret to say that I cannot say the same for his acting...he can do better!

Phoenix Blue, the movie about "an unseen music star with a dark secret", had been switched off after 5mn on our home television. 5mn had already tested my patience and the opening of the movie proved to be extremely dull and uninteresting for a mystery thriller. It was eventually put back later on, and I am of the opinion that I must not know anybody who in their right mind would give this movie a high rating. I would rather pay than knowingly have other people watch this movie, except if it were for cinematography students to ask them: "What is wrong with the movie?" This movie is terrible, terrible...terrible. Read these words and do not waste your time. Thank you.

Just seen this movie and it came as a very pleasant surprise. A highly original story that held me through to the end, about a bestselling recording artist who the world has never seen - no live performances, no TV appearances, no photos - just the music. Sounds far-fetched, but it pretty much works, principally because the music is so good and the director, Tony Maylam, largely pulls it off. No star names (unless you call Amanda Donohoe a star name, which I don't!), but the three young leads had something. Never seen them before. James Murray, as the singer ... where did he come from? Emily Hamilton the hot young Brit journo tracking down the singer ... and the most impressive, a computer nerd, Jason Hughes, who actually made me laugh. Some nifty locations to, and a backstory involving freediving (touch of "Le Grand Bleu" - remember that!), shot on some dreamy location with acres of translucent blue ocean. But what made the film really standout was the music. Some seriously good tracks. Been hunting down where I can buy the CD, but doesn't seem to be available - ANYWHERE. This is one movie I've seen recently which actually warranted being seen in the cinema on a large screen. Pity, it deserved its shot.

I rarely choose to submit a review on IMDb these days, but I want to warn people about this film!A friend of mine hired this saying "it got a 7.9 on IMDb!"... well hopefully that score will be down by the time you read this, because this was the most painfully badly written and acted pieces of drivel I've had to sit through in recent memory (and my friend has chosen some real tripe at the video store).Basically, a very corny tale of a journalist discovering a reclusive pop-maker who was set up during a heist a while back. The whole thing is unbelievable in every respect. The woman playing the journalist (not even credited in IMDb) has *ONE* expression and *ONE* flat tone of voice throughout the whole film (and got to be incredibly annoying even during the opening scene). The sound is poorly dubbed throughout. I felt sorry and ashamed for the actors I recognised, since I know some of them can do so much better.Only two things make this more than a 1/10: pretty pictures of the caribbean and people free-diving (ludicrously tacked on to the story) and the music is passable, but don't watch the actor pretending to sing or it will spoil it for you.That just scrapes it up to a 2/10...