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Once Around (1991)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2

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Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom made his American movie debut with this romantic comedy, starring Holly Hunter as Renata Bella, an aimless Bostonian thirtysomething who attends a seminar for aspiring condo salespersons. Here she meets hotshot salesman Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss), who immediately falls in love with her. After the marriage, Sam's well-meaning but obnoxious insistence on insinuating himself into every aspect of Renata's life rubs the rest of her family the wrong way. Though the

R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Lasse Hallström

Dec 28, 2004

MCA Universal Home Video

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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (6)

Ethnic romances from Abie's Irish Rose to Moonstruck have traveled similar ground, but few have handled the role of family in a marriage more poignantly than Once Around.

May 12, 2001 Comment
Rolling Stone
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The first movie in a long time to leave me speechless.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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There is no there there, just the dead red glow of the beckoning Exit light.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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On the whole Once Around is strangely enervating, proof that family problems -- even those of fictional families -- are often best kept behind closed doors.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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Dreyfuss and Hunter can't save what is a sappy and grating melodrama.

July 13, 2007 Comment
Film Threat

A wonderfully charming, true-to-life comedy-drama that was one of 1991's best and most overlooked films.

July 5, 2007 Comment
FulvueDrive-in.com

One of Richard Dreyfuss's best films....lovely stuff

February 7, 2006 Comment
Film Threat

This rather overbearing romantic comedy is by no means a disaster.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Comedy-drama has more to it than it may at first seem.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comment
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A beautiful movie!

December 24, 2007
ileo
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An interesting and believable cast of characters. Yet Sam's character (Dreyfuss) never made sense to me, and he exuded a fakeness that made me unsympathetic to his travails and constantly waiting for the sales pitch.

November 22, 2008

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