Once

2006
R
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

123K

YOUR RATING

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in Once (2006)

Theatrical Trailer from Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Drama Music Musical Romance

A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

123K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 24 wins & 31 nominations total

Trivia
Bob Dylan was such a big fan of the film that he arranged to have the two leads, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, open for him on part of his world tour. Hansard and Irglová also covered Dylan's song "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" for the film I'm Not There (2007).

Goofs
During the montage towards the end of the film, when the Girl is playing her new piano, the Girl's mother is cooking and stirring something on the stove-top. However, if you look closely, there is nothing in the pan. The mother is stirring the air with a spatula to appear as if she's cooking something.

Quotes
Guy: [Referring to her estranged husband] What's the Czech for "Do you love him?"
Girl: Milujes ho.
Guy: So, milujes ho?
Girl: No, miluji tebe
[no, i love you]
Girl: .

Alternate versions
Film prints have a few things at the beginning and end missing from the Fox DVD. After the Fox Searchlight logo and before the text-only company credits, the prints have a short silent logo for Summit Entertainment and then one for the Irish film board. At the end of the movie, once the credits crawl finishes, prints also have a short Fox Searchlight text-only card (containing the text "in association with" with no followup), a short card with a gigantic MPAA logo and number, and the blue R-rating screen.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Shrek the Third/Once/Even Money/The Wendell Baker Story/Provkoed (2007)

Soundtracks
And the Healing Has Begun
Written by Van Morrison
Performed by Glen Hansard
Published by Universal Music Publishing

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Review

Featured review

9/10

"A Magical Film of love, music, song...and a Hoover Vacuum!"

ONCE is a film to see and cherish for the magic of song and music combined in the setting of Dublin for a young man and woman who meet and who make wonderful music together. The only issue is she's married to a bloke in another country. But that doesn't stop them for creating a wonderful piece of music which will stay with them forever.

John Carney has directed and written a brilliant film which tags at your heart and makes your feet dance all at the same time. "Guy and Girl" are tremendous in their parts and the humor and passion they bring to their music. Dublin is such a great location for this film and it resembles London in so many of its blocks of buildings. The bond is also wonderful to see between father and son and the encouragement which the father gives his son.

ONCE gives you a time in your life when you meet your soul mate who brings the music to your heart you have always dreamed of...as well as a Hoover vacuum-"who knew?" See ONCE, because "once" you do, you may come back for more.