Once

Fox Searchlight presents ONCE

I saw this movie a couple months ago and thought it was a nice little flick for a quiet sunday afternoon.  The story follows the normal romance guidelines of boy meets girl, etc.  Both characters, simply named guy (Glen Hansard, of the irish indie band, The Frames) and girl (Marketa Irglova), are just trying to make it in the busy world.  Guy works at a vaccum repair shop with his father and is a busker.  Girl is a house keeper and a street vendor.  The two meet in a music shop and play a song together, after this performance they hang out a few more times and fall for each other.  The catch is they love each other but know they cant have each other.  Guys true love is in London and girl has a husband, so this is more of a love fling.  Later on, guy gets the great idea and forms a band with girl and other street performers.  They go on to record an album and guy plans to head off to London to try and sell it and to get back with his girlfriend.  It gets boring for a bit, but the end is really nice.

Anywho, I think I’ve given enough of the story away.  The filming was done in the style of a home video.  It but a nice touch to the film and made it a bit more intimate.  It got a bit shakey at times, but nothing in the calibur of Cloverfield.

The music is all original and is great.  Both the actors perform the songs and the chemistry of the voices are fantastic.  The Soundtrack was award winning - so you know it has to be good.

Overall, this is another great movie brought to attention by Fox Searchlight.

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Once – Falling Slowly