I can’t express to you all how absolutely lovely the movie “Once” is. I saw it on a whim and just loved it. Don’t let the term ‘the new musical’ scare you (it did for Josh), this is nothing like “Annie Get Your Gun”. Imagine your favorite album layered over scenes, monologues, and scenery shots. The result is a goose pimpling, smile resulting, unusual film experience. There is easy-to-follow narrative, so don’t be alarmed, in fact it’s a bittersweet love story. Bare bones, renegade shooting in public without consent of the city, shot for a mere $150,000 budget, we need more of these sort of movies in the states. Songs from the movie are on their myspace page.

Widely received, “Once” received a whopping 97% on Rotten Tomatoes , critical acclaim at Cannes, and is sneaking up on the states to be a sleeper hit. (OK, stuck-up indie rag The Stranger didn’t like this movie, so please, read their terrible review with a grain of salt. It’s almost like the reviewer felt like he had to be all hardcore and go against the grain, because, you know, The Stranger is so cutting edge with its hideous pack of angst-ridden staff). This Irish love story is magnificent, my only regret is that I will never be able to experience it again for the first time.

So, my dear readers, just GO…GO SEE THIS MOVIE.