| Once |
Mar. 5th, 2008|12:33 am |
Once, the Irish musical from writer-director John Carney that struck a lyrical chord at Sundance earlier this year. Cut through the Spidey-Shrek
hype and seek it out. You won't be sorry. It's a magical, beguiling
wonder. When I say Irish musical, think U2, not Riverdance, and get set
for a gift of a movie that is absolutely worth seeing more than once.
The Frames frontman Glen Hansard stars as a Dublin songwriter who takes
his guitar to the streets and sings himself hoarse to deaf ears. That
is, until he meets a pretty Czech pianist (Marketa Irglova) who gives
him the guts to quit his dad's repair shop and start finding the bucks
to make a recording. That's it, a bittersweet love story with ravishing
Hansard music ("Falling Slowly" is a killer) and the ache of romance in
its soul.
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