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June 6, 2009

gowil777

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This movie was beautiful! It will speak to you if you've ever take the path MORE traveled rather than the one less traveled. Or I guess if you've ever put your heart 2nd.

May 27, 2009

coverdinrane

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If nothing else this film holds merit fot the unbelievable soundtrack. I know I will not watch it again but thie music will stay with me forever. Well done!!!!!!

November 16, 2008

LDHelfand

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I loved the movie and, LOVED the music. Can't get it out of my mind... I'm glad to say.

July 5, 2008

LVera83733

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And no, I don't mean the film, I mean the number of times anyone should view the film. Once is once too many for Once. Although I can see what other people liked about it, I cannot ignore the fact tha... t the dialogue was scarce and uninformative, the plot was not advanced and at times, buried, there was no lighting, and the 88-minute film seemed like it was 3 hours long. Further than that, the fledgling plot would not have been enough to carrry the film anyway. If this film speaks to some avant-garde style of filmmaking that will soon be used in all movies, I shall be quite happy with my collection of DVDs and without ever setting foot in a theatre again. Full Review

May 22, 2008

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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.Full Review

Ty Burr

Boston Globe

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.Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

In its own subdued, mellow way, Once is just about perfect.Full Review

Nathan Rabin

The Onion (A.V. Club)

The music is so rich and completely satisfying and the characters so appealing Once makes us believe that this is all happening right in front of our eyes. We fall for each of these young people at the precise moment they are falling for each other, and what could be better than that?Full Review

Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Once proves to be as smart and funny as it is sweet; it swirls with ambiguity and conflict beneath a simple surface. In all of 88 minutes, Mr. Carney's singular fable follows its guy and girl through a week of musical and emotional growth that could suffice for a lifetime.Full Review

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

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