Reviews for this film from our members:
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Get the soundtrack. Skip the movie.
- Chris Barsanti @ Film Racket
- Excerpt: …a grin-machine Roman candle of a film.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Patrick Bromley @ F This Movie!
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: A romantic drama that captures and conveys the healing power of music.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a wistful breeze of a film, the perfect antidote to summer’s cacaphonous blockbusters.
- Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: If Once was [director John] Carney’s “Funeral”, then Begin Again is his “Neon Bible”; a slicker, more polished sophomore effort that has much the same romanticism that its predecessor had, but lacks that sense of intimacy.
- Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Begin Again” tiene un guión que a veces está muy forzado y cuenta demasiadas cosas, pero los dos protagonistas están tan bien, y tiene momentos tan buenos, que el conjunto es encantador y te hace sentir muy bien.
- Billy Donnelly @ This Is Infamous
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Begin Again doesn’t fully trust the magic Steve sees in music and, as a result, too often reverts to the banal of declaring what doesn’t need to be said.
- João Marcos Flores @ Cineviews [Portuguese]
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Once again – buy the soundtrack.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Director John Carney deftly extracts the talent to sing from Keira Knightley with the ability to act from Adam Levine. He minimizes their limitations and highlights their strengths.
- Travis Hopson @ Examiner
- Excerpt: Begin Again is a more polished studio effort with much bigger stars, and yet it recaptures much of the magic that made Once so special.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A hugely satisfying ode to entrepreneurial creativity, and a glorious love letter to New York City and the art it inspires. I love this movie so much.
- Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: No conflict is strong enough to survive the almighty pop song.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Impossible not to like and mostly bucking the banal routes it could have easily taken, “Begin Again” might have arrived second in line, but it offers plenty of irresistible merits of its own.
- Kristin Dreyer Kramer @ NightsAndWeekends.com
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- Pat Mullen @ Cinemablographer
- Excerpt: Begin Again is a hymn to the independent spirit that endures in art and music.
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: It’s not a complete success, but I really liked most of this fun, breezy film, which is filled with some catchy indie-pop tunes and terrific New York atmosphere.
- [New – 7/2/15] | Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Tal como aconteceu com o díptico de Roberto Benigni “La Vita è Bella”/”La Tigre e la Neve”, não é que este filme seja mau, mas é demasiado parecido com uma obra-prima anterior do mesmo autor. Pela ordem contrária, talvez a obra-prima parecesse um filme menor.
- Amir Siregar @ Amir at the Movies [Indonesian]
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Another nice musical spin by Carney on the conventions of quasi-romantic dramedy.
- Mel Valentin @ VeryAware.com
- Excerpt: Once was almost enough. Twice is two too many.
