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Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2011)

Sometimes you have to wait a while after watching a film to allow it to settle down inside.
Two hours after watching this its already disappearing; so better write something now before it sinks without a trace.
Beardy busker (Glen Hansard) is gustily giving it some tonsil on Dublin's streets. Slip of a Czech girl is loving it. Also wants him to repair her hoover cus his day job is vacuum cleaner repair man. Having only just met it doesn't take long before they're at it in a music shop, harmonising lovely together on guitar and piano the Oscar winning Big song "Falling Slowly"
He tries – clumsily – to kop off with her "I'm lonely and your gorgeous" ("gorgeous" no, plain yes) He's gonna have to do a lot of shaking her hand. Cus seems she's only willing to fall in love with his singy songing – and be his backer upper; she negotiates a session in a recording studio to cut a CD of songs; slips in beautifully on keyboards and vocals.
He's off to London clutching hot CD to get record deal and ex girlfriend back (the female he's been doing all this gusty wailing for) Czech girls Czech husband has returned too.
The songs go on. And go on. Too much and too many, for too long; before long i was fast forwarding thro them in search of dramatic interest or more story. Didn't really find much of either.
Vrdict: If you like earnestly, heartily, sincerely, sung singer songwriter break-up platitudes you'll probably like this film. If you like David Gray you'll like Glen Hansard. But this isn't a cinematic film. It's a music video stretched too far and too thin.