Don't believe the hype

Rating: 1/10 (20 May 2007)

I don't want to sound like a begrudger but I thought this movie was terrible. Terrible acting, terrible script and it looked so terrible it made my head hurt. If you like the music great (i didn't), but beyond that what is there?
I admit that there were some great moments of humor, especially the pre-title sequence, but that only served to whet the appetite. when the entreé arrived it tasted of ash.
The buzz around Once reminds me of moving statues i.e a load of nonsense that vast numbers of the gullible Irish population buys into.
Pardon my negativity, I may have made the mistake of seeing 'This is England' in the same week. now there's a film.
Complete rubbish in my opinion. Lets hope that this is not the future of Irish cinema (on that note can't wait to see 'Garage')