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Once (2007)
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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:May 18, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $9,199,193
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
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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 |
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my biggest road block was the fact that I didn't like the music Full Review |
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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 |
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Once is the anti-blockbuster that couldn't have come at a better time. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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 |
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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 |
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A moving story about two people who share a common love of music. Full Review |
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mia idiaiteri kinimatografiki empeiria, esto kai san kolaz, apo mia seira binteoklip me toys idioys, agapimenoys soy protagonistes Full Review |
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5/5 |
With delicate care and a modest street musician attitude, Carney has reinvented what a movie musical can be. Full Review |
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...an epic told in incomplete lyric lines, a classic fable forged out of slowly strummed guitar, lilting piano, and strained, struggling voices. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A minimalist musical which makes the most of the 'boy-meets-girl theme. Full Review |
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It's probably one of the best musicals I've ever seen... Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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