Once

I have just returned from watching Once and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Falling somewhere between a romantic comedy/drama and an extended music video, this is easily the best film I have seen in years. The two leads, both musicians and neither professional actors, deliver solid, believable performances, made still more charming by their lack of polish. In fact, the whole film has to it an almost unrehearsed flavor, though there is nothing unpolished about the songs. The soundtrack, almost wholly written by the two leads, is perhaps the most engaging part of the movie- a soaring, emotionally packed collection of songs that remains with you long after leaving the theater. I even stayed on until the end of the credits just to savor the beauty of the music. An utterly romantic, exhilarating, feel good masterpiece of a movie. This may be my new favorite film.


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