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08/31/07
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.
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
US 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
Reviews for Once
Top CriticOnce is a simple yet not simplistic love story which doesn't end as you might expect.
08/25/07
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10/29/08
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10/18/08
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.
09/18/08
my biggest road block was the fact that I didn't like the music
08/17/08
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08/07/08
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.
04/19/08
Once is the anti-blockbuster that couldn't have come at a better time.
02/28/08
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
02/16/08
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...
02/16/08
A moving story about two people who share a common love of music.
02/02/08
mia idiaiteri kinimatografiki empeiria, esto kai san kolaz, apo mia seira binteoklip me toys idioys, agapimenoys soy protagonistes
01/26/08
With delicate care and a modest street musician attitude, Carney has reinvented what a movie musical can be.
01/14/08
...an epic told in incomplete lyric lines, a classic fable forged out of slowly strummed guitar, lilting piano, and strained, struggling voices.
12/28/07
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.
12/24/07
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.
12/19/07
Carney's Once is definitely not enough...thoroughly inspirational, lyrical, charming and cheeky...a winning spark that ignites the lovelorn imagination.
12/15/07
A minimalist musical which makes the most of the 'boy-meets-girl theme.
12/14/07
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