Has there ever been a more beautiful man than Terence Stamp on the big screen? And he can sing, too. He and Vanessa Redgrave, as well as supporting actors Christopher Eccleston and Gemma Arterton, raise “Unfinished Song,” Paul Andrew Williams’s entry in the golden age genre, from mawkish to genuinely heartwarming.
Heartbreaking, too. There may not be many dry eyes when Marion (Redgrave), plucky and ebullient despite being confined to a wheelchair with cancer, sings Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” to her grumpy husband, Arthur, played by Stamp. Or in a later scene when Stamp reciprocates with Billy Joel’s “Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel),” though under different circumstances. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
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