A musician and a Marine enter a marriage of convenience that becomes genuinely romantic after tragedy strikes.
Melancholy and earnest. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Some innuendo or implied sex and mild language, about what a PG-13 should carry.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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