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Once
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #403
- IMDb #583
- Google retired #1188
- Rotten Tomatoes #154
- Metacritic #186
- Letterboxd #787
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #172
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #422
- Metacritic Critics #190
- Metacritic Audience #414
- Criticker #559
- Douban #401
- Kinopoisk #925
- AlloCiné #1269
- Trakt #875
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 94, everyone else 79.
See the most agreed on films →A Dublin street performer and vacuum cleaner repairman meets a young Czech immigrant flower seller who appreciates his music. Bonding over their shared love of song, they begin to write and perform music together over the course of a week. Their collaboration deepens into a complex, unspoken connection, helping each other heal from past relationships while creating beautiful art, all set against the backdrop of the city.
Details
- Director
- John Carney
- Writer
- John Carney
- Released
- 23 March 2007
- Country
- Ireland, United States
- Language
- English, Czech
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $160.0K
- Box office
- $20.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →3 major awards won · 3 wins from 7 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 23rd Independent Spirit Awards 2006 | Best Foreign Film | John Carney | Winner |
| 80th Academy Awards 2006 | Best Original Song | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " Falling Slowly " | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Song | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " Falling Slowly " | Winner |
| 50th Grammy Awards 2006 | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová | Nominee |
| 50th Grammy Awards 2006 | Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " Falling Slowly " | Nominee |
| 12th Satellite Awards 2006 | Best Original Song | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " If You Want Me " | Nominee |
| 13th Empire Awards 2006 | Best Soundtrack | Once | Nominee |
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×| Best Foreign Film | John Carney | Winner |
| Best Original Song | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " Falling Slowly " | Winner |
| Best Song | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " Falling Slowly " | Winner |
| Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová | Nominee |
| Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " Falling Slowly " | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for " If You Want Me " | Nominee |
| Best Soundtrack | Once | Nominee |