2013 · drama · comedy · music
One Chance
Directed by David Frankel1h 43m2013
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Our read: One Chance (2013) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded drama · comedy · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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“You want a feel-good underdog opera singer beating bullies and self-doubt.”
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