While it is rare that Hollywood stars imprint their love for cinema on their offspring, it’s always fascinating when two generations of actors share the screen for a project. That’s the case with You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, a minimalist road trip movie in which real-life father and daughter Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor explore intergenerational conflict and the enduring damage parents cause their children.
The barebones approach to You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder script makes the journey a little too predictable, which could have doomed a different project. And yet, both McGregors give such powerful performances that their presence alone is enough to sustain the story. You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder is a work of fiction, but it’s spellbinding to watch it and wonder how much their acting was inspired by real life.
As a writer, the young McGregor pours some of her real frustrations and joys into the film, meaning that Clara's real relationship with her father informed her work of fiction. The uniqueness of the situation is not lost on the duo, with Ewan McGregor revealing that he only jumped aboard the movie after his daughter revealed that You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder was a story about them. How much is fact or fiction, only the McGregors can know.