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- 2014
- R
- Weinstein Company, The
- 1 h 44 m
- 2014
- R
- Weinstein Company, The
- 1 h 44 m
SummaryGretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the bette...
Directed By: John Carney
Written By: John Carney
- 2014
- R
- Weinstein Company, The
- 1 h 44 m
- 2014
- R
- Weinstein Company, The
- 1 h 44 m
Begin Again
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SummaryGretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the bette...
Directed By: John Carney
Written By: John Carney
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Generally FavorableBased on 39 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally FavorableBased on 39 Critic Reviews
62
62% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
36% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
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May 31, 2014
John Carney, who wrote and directed "Once," has made another great film that focuses on songwriters and the way their lives influence their work.
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Generally FavorableBased on 229 User Ratings
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17% Mixed
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User Score
Generally FavorableBased on 229 User Ratings
7.7
80% Positive
183 Ratings
183 Ratings
17% Mixed
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
3% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
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Jan 11, 2022
Begin Again is a rare movie that have a perfect big decision in every single one of them, they have a perfect decision to not do this and they have a perfect decision to do this, and that is hard to do, it's subjective like the movie itself but for me it's just perfect, Begin Again is not just a typical street road music performer movie, John Carney give every single heart of his to the movie that surprisingly didn't take a long time and it surely give the movie more positive things, he can just not put or do that but he did and it's amazing, it's just one little thing but somehow it's like a guarantee for me especially to enjoy and liking the whole movie, and i did, i like every single second, decision, song, and act performance in this movie, Begin Again is a movie that it's not gonna go in any greatest movie list or whatever, but it's still hell of a priceless movie.
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Jun 26, 2014
Ruffalo and Knightley make an engaging pair of colleagues and their musical adventure together results in an enchanting, gently funny and occasionally poignant story.
Jun 26, 2014
"Once" was a small and well-loved heirloom, its imperfections part of the charm. But Begin Again has been burnished to a shiny dullness.
Jul 1, 2014
Even if Dan and Gretta charm each other more than they charm us, the music they make is harder to resist than they are.
Jun 25, 2014
The lugubrious pop songs by Gregg Alexander are execrable. Ms. Knightley isn’t remotely believable as a bike-riding pop singer. The saving grace is Mark Ruffalo, the only actor on the premises who shows any grit or passion for his character or for the music business.
Sep 14, 2013
A film that inserts banal plot devices and endless cutesiness in place of where the “good parts” should be.
Nov 10, 2014
An amazing coming age film starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Adam Levine. What else can we ask ?An amazing musical coming age film well directed by John Carney an amazing director. This film is just brilliant due to the following reasons.First of all the movie is directed brilliantly by John Carney ( the director of Once), making such emotive scenes, like the one in which Keira Knightley sings the song " A Step you can't Take Back " and Mark Ruffalo sees her for the first time playing her music.The second important thing is the performances of Keira Knightley an amazing actress that does the singing job really well, since she is able to sing and rock. Also he character Gretta is really likable and really helps develop Mark Ruffalo's character Dan. The second thing is Mark Ruffalo performance making one of his best performance in my opinion dealing with problems and actually growing and developing his character through the movie. Finally Adam Levine known from the popular band Maroon 5 making he's debut as an actor making in a great way by adapting to the environment and to his characters situations really good, plus he is great singing.The third thing is that this movie is brilliantly written by John Carney using time in a brilliant way to tell his story in amazing way. This script is really good since the characters due change through the movie, also the songs are really amazing and likable. Although the movie is cheesy sometimes the script is good in general since Carney uses time, well and his characters are really likable.In general this is a great age coming film, that should be taken more seriously by critics since a 62 is not what it should have in my opinion. It is really sad that this movie will not be considered by the Academy Awards (Oscars) for a prize since this movie is totally a great summer blast and a great musical age coming film that will definitely make you buy the soundtrack of this movie. This movie is definitely 10 out of 10.
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Jul 30, 2014
Folks, if you like music and appreciate its power/magic, this is a film that you can't help but enjoy. A solid cast combined with excellent storytelling and the power of its original music adds up to a thoroughly enjoyable 95 minutes. Perhaps not deep or profound, yet the four of us talked about music the entire night, fueled by the glow of this movie (and perhaps a little sangria). We all felt this was the best movie of the year, so far.
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Aug 21, 2021
The film has heart and the chemistry between Kiera Knightly and Mark Ruffalo is nice, but the experience one gets from watching the film is the equivalent to being on tour with an uninspired, lazy tour guide. I'm talking about that one guide who doesn't care if they get fired soon. The one who will show off the locations and attractions, but they want to get the tour done and over with as quickly as possible.
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Jul 24, 2014
Mark Ruffalo is the star of this movie which revolves around the pop music world and a plot of climbing out of the depths to regain prominence not only professionally but in his personal life as well. Keira Knightley provides a pleasant foil to Ruffalo's character as she too faces personal decisions in her life. Fortunately, the chemistry between the two is there but not exploited in the usual Hollywood fashion. Whether the music is good, bad, or indifferent will depend on the viewer's background and age. One wonders, as in so many movies, how the directors and writers of movies from the 1930s to the mid-1960s were able to produce often excellent movies without use of the f word and variants, which trips off the tongues of the main characters like water dripping from a leaky faucet.
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Dec 20, 2021
fine movie with a really good acting and actors and an absolutely awful ending , its like the screenwriter has died at the middle of film and they just wanted to prolong it with music and then it got out of their control and they found their selves without an ending then decided to show us some part of it after the actual ending at the credits , watch it if you are bored or you are music lover but i think its not a good movie and you cant enjoy it very much if you watch it for being a good movie , just watch it as an amusing movie....
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Production Company
- Exclusive Media Group
- Sycamore Pictures
- Apatow Productions
- Formatted Films
- Likely Story
Release DateJun 27, 2014
Duration1 h 44 m
RatingR
TaglineYou're only as strong as your next move.
Website http://beginagainfilm.com/