A wonderfully endearing romantic comedy that's a great flick for the holiday season!
Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom made his American movie debut with this romantic comedy, starring Holly Hunter as Renata Bella, an aimless Bostonian thirtysomething who attends a seminar for aspiring condo salespersons. Here she meets hotshot salesman Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss), who immediately falls in love with her.
After the marriage, Sam's well-meaning but obnoxious insistence on insinuating himself into every aspect of Renata's life rubs the rest of her family the wrong way. Though the script occasionally veers into both cliché and sentimentality, Once Around ends up a thoroughly charming experience, thanks to Hallstrom's knowing direction and the marvelous chemistry between Hunter and Dreyfuss. --Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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A complex patchwork of familial disharmony ...
Renata soon finds herself living at home again, and regressing easily into the role of the failed but beloved daughter to smart, beautiful Marilyn (Gena Rowlands) and fair-minded Joe (Danny Aiello). Vowing to pull her life together, she takes a new job selling condo timeshares on the island of St. Thomas. There, she meets arrogant, gregarious, and overconfident Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss), a super salesman from a Lithuanian family, who is as madly in love with her as she is with him.
It is this dedicated, loving, and eccentric relationship that, ironically, begins to pull the close-knit Bellas apart. What lies ahead for all is a complex patchwork of familial disharmony, undying loyalty, cultural tradition, tragedy, and triumph. The interplay between family members, their closeness and resentments, permeate an unusual story with characters that are each unique and unforgettable. --www.rottentomatoes.com.
"This is a great film for family get-togethers at the holidays. It'll bring a smile to your face!"
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Once Around
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A wonderfully charming, true-to-life comedy-drama that was one of 1991's best and most overlooked films.
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Joe Bella: Get rid of the beard. You look like a goddamn terrorist.
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Jan Bella: For chrissakes - he puts money in women's breasts!
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen May 2, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
- Sounds like an entertaining film. I would like to see it.
Thanks for sharing
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- Irenemaria Irenemaria Jun 12, 2008 @ 2:39 am
- Lasse Hallstrm is on my lens about famous Swedes. He has made some really good movies! This is a very nice lens!
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