Once (2007)
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- Synopsis
- A Dublin-based busker and vacuum-cleaner repairman enters into a fruitful relationship with a piano playing florist in a toe-tapping "video album" directed by John Carney and featuring a cast comprised entirely of professional musicians....
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- Starring
- Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerry Hendrick, Alastair Foley
- Director(s)
- John Carney
- Distributor(s)
- Fox Searchlight
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 86 min.
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Critic Reviews
Once is the first rock musical that actually makes sense. People don't burst into song in this movie because the orchestra's swelling out of nowhere. The guy and the girl are working musicians -- or they'd like to be, if they could make a living at it -- and they're played by working musicians.Read the full review
Once is the kind of film I've been pestered about ever since I started reviewing again. People couldn't quite describe it, but they said I had to see it. I had to. Well, I did. They were right.Read the full review
In its own subdued, mellow way, Once is just about perfect.Read the full review
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The Best of the Decade: Musicals
12/22/09 So here's to the best movie musicals of the decade, filtered, admittedly, through my own personal preferences. | Cinematical.com -
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12/11/09 Years pass and tastes change, at least a little. | JAM! Showbiz -
Live Review: Swell Season in T.O.
11/03/09 Success couldn't have happened to a seemingly nicer, more talented guy than Glen Hansard. | JAM! Showbiz -
Oscar-Winner 'Once' Ready For Broadway Recycling [The End Of Ideas]
10/16/08 That's the producers' hope, anyway: Songwriters Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová will pass off a handful of unused tunes in addition to those from the film's platinum-selling soundtrack (including the Oscar-winner "Falling Slowly"), with writer-director John Carney brought in to shepherd the production on its inexorable path to lo-fi folk empire. | Defamer -
'Once' gets musical makeover
10/16/08 John N. Hart Jr., Jeffrey Sine and Frederick Zollo have acquired the worldwide rights to produce a legit tuner version of the Oscar-winning 2007 pic "Once." Aiming for a Broadway berth during the 2010-11 season, "Once" is the first project announced for a new fund formed by the three producers with the intention of backing a number of stage projects. | Variety -
Marketa Irglova
07/30/08 "Falling Slowly," from the infectious indie romance "Once," won the Oscar for original song. | Variety