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Reviews Counted:148
Fresh:143
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: A charming, captivating tale of love and music, Once sets the standard for the modern musical. And with Dublin as its backdrop, Once is fun and fresh.
Theatrical Release:19-10-2007
Synopsis: The Irish romance ONCE may be a musical, but it is miles away from the traditional Hollywood idea of people bursting into song. Glen Hansard (frontman for indie rock band The Frames) plays the guy,... [More]
Starring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova
Director: John Carney
a tender little ultralow budget movie about the intimate connection of making music...the warm folkiness of the songs and their generally non-narrative-pushing content make it feel more like a long, lovely home movie of a short portion of two people's liv
Un effort battant la mesure d'une manière somme toute imparfaite, mais néanmoins prenante, qu'un genre aussi excessif que le film musical a besoin de temps à autre...
A moving story about two people who share a common love of music.
mia idiaiteri kinimatografiki empeiria, esto kai san kolaz, apo mia seira binteoklip me toys idioys, agapimenoys soy protagonistes
With delicate care and a modest street musician attitude, Carney has reinvented what a movie musical can be.
...an epic told in incomplete lyric lines, a classic fable forged out of slowly strummed guitar, lilting piano, and strained, struggling voices.
Though the trailer for Once might pique your curiosity, you don't know the freight train of raw emotion that's about to blindside you.
Once doesn't plop its emotions on its characters' sleeves, and it trusts us enough to leave some of the best stuff unstated. In other words, it trusts us to know that half the music lies between the notes.
Carney's Once is definitely not enough...thoroughly inspirational, lyrical, charming and cheeky...a winning spark that ignites the lovelorn imagination.
A minimalist musical which makes the most of the 'boy-meets-girl theme.
It's probably one of the best musicals I've ever seen...
Captures the rare chemistry and unforced artistry of two people finding musical as well as personal harmony together and we are lucky enough to be there to watch it.
Sweet, romantic musical hits all the right notes.
An embodiment of what the digital revolution was supposed to provide but so often doesn't.
It would be interesting to know how much of their conversation was actually in Carney's screenplay and how much was ad-libbed as the camera rolled; there's a wonderful spontaneity in both the dialogue and the musical performances.
Is it honestly felt? Absolutely. Is it perfect? Only in spots.
...a unique, enthralling experience in which song and emotion stand in for dialogue and plot.
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The bohemian Irish musical is so phenomenal you'll need to see it a second time, if only to confirm to yourself that the movie is really as good as you remembered.
The performances are so naturalistic ... the film feels like a documentary about the early origins of a now hot indie emo band.
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