In Reply to: "Once" posted by rico on September 29, 2007 at 13:40:35:
everything else, too) than "The Commitments."
True love stories are hard to find these days, most efforts opting for cynicism, grossness, or over explicitness in the name of realism.
But this film is more. It also shows the hardships striving artists face in being true to their dreams.
I hope my comments doesn't make the film sound "smarmy." It's not!
The young actress refreshingly is original, being spirited without the Hollywoodish cutesy baggage. She also is beautiful in a real-woman way, her imperfections making her seem authentic and not cartoonish, robotic, or mass-produced.
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Follow Ups
- Agreed: a wonderful film and far, far better (musically and - tinear 15:45:36 09/29/07 (1)
- RE: Agreed: a wonderful film and far, far better (musically and - rico 03:56:26 09/30/07 (0)