Once

It takes all of ten seconds for John Carney’s new movie “Once” to announce itself as something special. A handsome young street musician in Dublin raises his voice in song, then raises it higher with heart-stopping fervor. When a mysteriously endearing young woman stops to interrogate him about his music – she turns out to be a musician too -- the movie reveals itself as something magical. When they sing their first duet, it’s a song of such transporting passion that you wonder where the drama can possibly go, since they’re obviously made for each other and should leave the screen immediately and go live the rest of their lives in private bliss.