Awards
2008 Academy Award Nominee:
- Best Original Song (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
Synopses & Reviews
A modern day musical set on the streets of Dublin, starring Glen Hansard from the Irish band The Frames and featuring an unforgettable soundtrack, Once tells the story of a street musician and a Czech immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse, and record songs that reveal their unique love story.
Review
"[A] wonderful film that is one of the year's best." Chicago Sun-Times
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"In its brief running time, writer-director John Carney does something both profound and unexpected: He reinvents the movie musical as a genre of swooning rock 'n' roll realism." Boston Globe
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"Are you looking for a little film you can make your own, an enchanting, unpretentious blend of music and romance you can watch forever? If you do, Once is about to come into your life and make it whole." The Los Angeles Times
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"Told with the simplicity of a Chaplin film (more than once I was reminded of City Lights), Once has the tentative and unpredictable amble of a chance encounter rather than the absolute and overdetermined structure of a Hollywood film." Philadelphia Inquirer
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"Once proves once and for all that imagination trumps big bucks." San Francisco Chronicle
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"Once makes a persuasive case that the real future of the movie musical may lie not in splashy grandeur but in modesty and understatement." A.O. Scott, The New York Times