Movie version of Last Five Years pays off

Hollywood went to two actors with Broadway backgrounds to star in the film version of the musical The Last Five Years - and it paid off.

Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan star as a young New York couple who fall in, and then out, of love. She's a struggling actress. He's a writer who finds success. Both Kendrick and Jordan have Tony Award nominations on their resumes, and they have perfect voices for the sometimes emotional lyrics, which trace the couple's relationship in an inventive way.

The characters alternate songs, starting with Cathy as she mourns the end of the relationship and Jamie excited at the beginning. By the end of the movie Jamie leaves Cathy and she's singing about just meeting him.