November 23, 2009
Not nearly as good as I thought or hoped it would be.
Once Reviews and Ratings
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November 23, 2009This movie completely blew me away. Its simple and sweet, optimistic and charming. Personally, I love musicals and movies like this with lots of music in them; So, i was kind of hooked from the start. That is really all there is to it. Once is not complicated in any way. Its a bi...( read more)
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November 17, 2009Very small, very cute, with fantastic music and a very un-Hollywood feel to it. I liked it, but unfortunately wasn't as amazed as I excpected. It is warm though, it's got a real, true, genuine warmth to it that completely melted my heart in a couple of scenes.
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October 16, 2009The movie won an Oscar for Best Original Song or something, beating Enchanted (which I totally love!!). No doubt the songs lived up to my expectation. :) LOVE EVERY SINGLE SONG IN THE SOUNDTRACK. :)
They both rocked. :)
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October 2, 2009Anyone who didn't know about this film and saw it would absolutely believe it's a documentary. There's no other film in Hollywood that's quite like this, with the same charm and ease and chemistry. Such a treat.
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September 30, 2009"Falling Slowly" is fantastic song. FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. The rest of the music is good too. Other than that I'm not sure there was much of a script.
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September 30, 2009Beautiful movie. The performances from the 2 leads are so truthful and honest that you feel the impact of their amazing songs full on.
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September 28, 2009Its predominant simplicity makes it a very special modern gem with a solid screenplay and an "anti-Hollywood" ending. This suddenly felt like a porn film: you no longer care about the plot, but you keep waiting for the song scenes to start. That means it has a beautiful soundtrac...( read more)
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September 27, 2009At first I was a bit bored, but the touching music and sincerity of the characters drew me into their dream-like world.
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September 23, 2009A nice story very well told - they didn't try to get clever, there's no ridiculous twists, & none of the essential cliches are even annoying! A little too heavy on the music for me, but I'm not a fan of musicals.
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September 23, 2009John Carney's film is winsome yet sometimes profane, heartwarming yet bittersweet; the tiny Irish musical that could. The "plot" is simplicity itself: The "Guy" (Glen Hansard of the Frames) meets the "Girl" (Czech immigrant Marketa Irglova) and they make beautiful music together....( read more)
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September 21, 2009Absolutely loved it. The music is fantastic and the story is soo sweet.
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September 15, 2009This movie was very beautiful, but also very sad. I just loved the music and the whole story is beautiful. It was very hard not to cry when watching this. I couldn't get over the end how they just couldn't stay together. I mean I know they fell in love the couple even admitted it...( read more)
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September 13, 2009really love the music Falling slowly. absolutely touched my heart
a simple and clean movie that leaves u thoughts and emotions resting in your heart, a realistic and beautiful love story -
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September 6, 2009ONCE
What a good. Simply cool picture.
Using a director friend (John Carney) he used to play music with and a skeleton crew with a megre budget, they make a great musical/doco/feature film that has extravergentile tastes in quality and household entertainment.
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September 1, 2009Me apaixonei pelo filme, pela trilha, pelos atores e por Dublin. O roteiro é bobo, mas se torna memorável pelo fato de como os personagens nos guia por ele. Tudo nele parece real, com sentimentos de verdade que afloram através da música. Algumas cenas são mágicas, principalmente ...( read more)
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August 30, 2009Una inspiradora pelicula musical, cuando las personas se te aparecen en la vida por algo, pero al fin y al cabo todos tienen distintos caminos; pero saber afrontarlos y disfrutar del momento puede sacar ricas cosechas. Hermosa... y la musica, increible!
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August 29, 2009very inspiring music but everything else was bad. boring story, cold actors, no plot, shaking camera... just listen to the soundtrack instead
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August 24, 2009glen & marketa are wonderfully talented and adorable together and i wish they were still together wahhhh :(
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August 22, 2009Um dos melhores filmes sobre amor, relacionamentos, frustrações e expectativas, com as melhores músicas que dão sentido a cada frase do filme. Glen Hansard e Marketa Irglova, além de ótimos músicos, interpretaram brilhantemente seus personagens, longe do glamour das grandes produ...( read more)
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August 17, 2009A very simple and original modern musical. The music is very soothing and despite begin a musical the story remains completely real.
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August 17, 2009A person should be paid whio watches this movie and finishes it before falling to sleep.
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August 9, 2009I loved this movie, i didnt want it 2 end. Great story and music. beautiful soul 2 it aswell.
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July 28, 2009Finally, a good movie! Well, after watching piles of mediocre to bad movies this past week, Once broke the curse.
This film was really interesting. It's even more interesting to find out that the lead actors are the ones who wrote all this wonderful music. The songs were real...( read more) -
July 27, 2009One of the best films to come out of Ireland. Thats not to say it's excellent or anything but it did strike a chord.
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July 20, 2009thank u rian, for bringing this wonderful movies into my life. simple story yet uncommon, beautiful songs and lyrics.
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July 11, 2009This film could have easily been a corny run of the mill boy meets girl outing in Cameron Crowe territory, but luckily it's put together by talented young people bored with conventional relationship fair.
Director John Carney's craft on the film is appropriately Dogme at times ...( read more) -
July 11, 2009Very sweet (and I use the word sparingly, trust me on that...), completely unorthodox musical that I enjoyed very much. No fancy special effects or exciting camera angles, just a brilliant script, excellent songs, and two fresh performances from the leads, helped by a very authen...( read more)
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July 10, 2009Brilliant
Such a movie story that is so real and true. It doesnt try to be anything that it isnt. It takes you on this journey that moves you with music and a hidden love. Fantastic. -
July 9, 2009Loved everything about this! Made me want stand up and sing at the top of my lungs!
It goes to show that you don't need alot of money, special effects, or big name celebrities to make an amazing movie. Perfect in every way!
