Movies: Coda (2021)

Apple’s original movie reviewed by Randy Goertzen

Apple’s original 2021 movie and Best Picture Oscar winner, Coda, treats the audience to an inspirational story with great acting and dialogue. In an age of mass market, special effects-driven movies, Coda entertains. I enjoyed it.

This compelling and well-crafted movie presents an extremely hard-working and headstrong high school student who faces a difficult decision. Does Ruby stay in Gloucester, Massachusetts to help her deaf family run their fishing business or does she pursue her passion? As a child of deaf adults—CODA—Ruby is integral to the hearing-impaired business because she’s the communication link to where the fish go to market.

I watched on a transcontinental flight on a small screen with ear jacks. Not the ideal way to watch a movie but I was still struck by its beauty. Coda effortlessly flows from scene to scene—each scene is purposeful in dra…