Once

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Once
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R,1hr 26min
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Released:
May 16, 2007
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Fox Searchlight
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. He (Glen Hansard of the Frames) was a six-stringed street musician. She (Markéta Irglová) was a flower woman who couldn't afford to purchase a piano of her own. One day, after admiring the musician's songs and asking if he would take a look at her broken vacuum, ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
By Christy Lemire, Associated Press
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"... writer-director John Carney deconstructs [the movie musical] and reinvents it as something wholly new, inspired and alive." Full Review
Perry Seibert
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It would be easy to crush John Carney's warm-hearted Once with overpraise. It is a very small, very simple, immensely likeable movie that earns an audience's goodwill early thanks to a very winning performance ... Full Review
Featured Cast
The Busker
Guy's Dad
Timmy Drummer
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