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Once (2007)

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Reviews Counted:152

Fresh:147

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.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language

Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.

Genre: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release: May 18, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $9.2M

Synopsis: "Once" is a modern-day musical set on the streets of Dublin. Featuring Glen Hansard and his Irish band "The Frames," "Once" tells the story of a... "Once" is a modern-day musical set on the streets of Dublin. Featuring Glen Hansard and his Irish band "The Frames," "Once" tells the story of a busker and an immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story. [More]

Starring: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick

Starring: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerard Hendrick, Alastair Foley, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova, Darren Healy, Mal Whyte, Marcella Plunkett, Niall Cleary, Witold Owski, Krzysztos Tlotka, Tomek Glowacki, Attila Kouvacs, Sean Millar, Pat McGrath, Praghosa, Kate Haugh, Senan Haugh, Catherine Hansard, Pete Short, Fergus OFarrell, Bob Hoban, Martina Akindojctimi, Ruslan Mannanu, Francis Usanga, Price Tylot Khumaho, Joe Adebe, Bernard Gibsenen, Paul Clarke, Maire Walsh, Dave Cleary, Keith Byrne, Alaistair Foley

Director: John Carney

Director: John Carney
Screenwriter: John Carney
Producer: Martina Niland
Distributor: Fox Searchlight

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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

At once delicate and gritty, wistful and deeply satisfying.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
Oct 29, 2008
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

So this is how you make a low-budget musical these days!

Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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There is much to admire about Once, in a little-movie-that-could kind of way, but it can’t help but get in its own way just when it begins to gain some momentum

Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
David Medsker
David Medsker
Bullz-Eye.com

In an era when Hollywood has largely lost the ability to distinguish between romance and sex, Once is the rare film that recognizes that love is no less love for being held in check, it is merely a different kind of love.

Full Review Source: New Republic | comment Comment
Sep 18, 2008
Christopher Orr
Christopher Orr
New Republic
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my biggest road block was the fact that I didn't like the music

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment 10 Comments
Aug 17, 2008
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

It has its own peculiar naturalism, a kind of lo-fi, lovelorn charm.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

Um filme mágico que, através de sua narrativa enganosamente simples, alcança uma vitória que escapa à maioria das obras do gênero, retratando com sentimento o instante preciso no qual dois seres humanos se descobrem apaixonados um pelo outro.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
Apr 19, 2008
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Once is the anti-blockbuster that couldn't have come at a better time.

Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette | comment Comment
Feb 28, 2008
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
Colorado Springs Gazette

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

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
Feb 16, 2008
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

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...

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
Feb 16, 2008
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

A moving story about two people who share a common love of music.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
Feb 2, 2008
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

mia idiaiteri kinimatografiki empeiria, esto kai san kolaz, apo mia seira binteoklip me toys idioys, agapimenoys soy protagonistes

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Jan 26, 2008
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

With delicate care and a modest street musician attitude, Carney has reinvented what a movie musical can be.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jan 14, 2008
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

...an epic told in incomplete lyric lines, a classic fable forged out of slowly strummed guitar, lilting piano, and strained, struggling voices.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

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.

Full Review Source: HollywoodChicago.com | comment Comment
Dec 24, 2007
Adam Fendelman
Adam Fendelman
HollywoodChicago.com

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.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
Dec 19, 2007
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
Film.com
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Carney's Once is definitely not enough...thoroughly inspirational, lyrical, charming and cheeky...a winning spark that ignites the lovelorn imagination.

Full Review | comment Comment
Dec 15, 2007
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
TheWorldJournal.com

A minimalist musical which makes the most of the 'boy-meets-girl theme.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
Dec 14, 2007
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze
 
 
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