Simple Film, better as a short.

Rating: 5/10 (13 August 2007)

I went to the theater on a recommendation from a friend with my musician boyfriend. As we were waiting in line to get, the people exiting were smiling and laughing, an indication of a good movie.
The storyline was sweet and simple and the hoover stuff was great, but all in all I wasn't that interested. Could be because I live the life that is was representing. Could be because of all the hype. Could be because I am conditioned to want more than one idea presented in a feature length film.
My boyfriend wanted to leave in the middle, but I wanted to get to the part the made the audience smile and laugh as they were leaving and I knew I could not sit through the first half again to get to the end. After sitting through the movie, it would have been no loss to leave in the middle. This is a nice movie, but should have been capped at 30 minutes.
The only explanation that I can come up with for the success of Once is that people are hungry. They are sick of Ocean's 20 and Spiderman 10 and want something from the heart, even if it is a little drony with OK music.