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, and Adam Levine. John Carney‟s Begin Again is a bitter yet warm- hearted movie which tells about some people who can heal their damaged life
through music Hood, 2014. This movie tells about people who are in their lowest condition of their life and they can lighten up their life by working with
music. Mark Ruffalo played as Dan Mulligan, a producer in a famous record label who finds some complicated problems because he does not make contract with
new artists in several years. Furthermore, he is cheated by his wife which makes him live apart from his family. On the other side, Keira Knigthely played as
Gretta James, a young woman musician who follows her boyfriend to build his career in New York. However, she is also cheated by her boyfriend and she
decides to break up with his boyfriend. In this study, there will be two other characters that will be used as the subject of this study, namely Dave Kohl and
Steve. Dave Kohl is Gretta‟s boyfriend and this character is played by Adam Levine. Dave Kohl aims to be a singer by moving on to New York and starts his
career, but then Dave Kohl cheats on Gretta that makes them breaks up. Meanwhile, Steve who is Gretta‟s close friend is played by James Corden. Steve
is Gretta‟s close friend who helps Gretta when she breaks up with Dave Kohl.
Besides, Steve also helps Gretta and Dan when they are working on their album. Hood 2014 states that Begin Again movie is related to Christian faith
because it delivers the message that there will always change to start over. As shown in the scene when Dan is depressed and Gretta is broken heart, they are
willing to start their life again. The result of what they are doing through music can make them find
their “missing life”. Besides, this movie also gives a moral PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
25 value about the failure that happens in life will make somebody stronger. Hood
2014 adds that “Dan and Gretta‟s character arcs are one of reconciliation,
redemption, and resurrection.” The example can be seen at the scene when Dan is being approached by a missionary on the subway who distributes the pamphlets
related to the religion. In Begin Again movie, John Carney as a director did not make common
ending which usually happens in the drama movie. In the middle of the movie, the audiences will guess the ending that Dan and Gretta will fall in love to each other.
However, John Carney turned the story up that Dan and Gretta are not falling in love to each other. They keep their relationship as a producer and an artist or as
colleague. Even though John Carney did not make romantic story between Dan and Gretta, he built a happy ending. As the ending, Dan can gather with his family
and Gretta can continue her life because she decides to forgive her ex-boyfriend. This movie wants to make people believe that there will always be a way out to
solve the problems that they face. From this movie, there is another moral value according to Hood 2014 that we can rebuild our lives when we can join together
in forgiveness and love.