The world fell in love with Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová when their songwriting collaboration in the film Once (2007) culminated in a jubilant Oscar win. But behind the scenes, where Glen and Mar's on-screen romance became reality, a grueling two-year world tour threatens to fracture their fated bond. Filmed in black and white, this music-filled documentary is an intimate look at the exhilaration and turmoil created by both love and fame.... (Full plot summary below)
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The world fell in love with Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová when their songwriting collaboration in the film Once (2007) culminated in a jubilant Oscar win. But behind the scenes, where Glen and Mar's on-screen romance became reality, a grueling two-year world tour threatens to fracture their fated bond. Filmed in black and white, this music-filled documentary is an intimate look at the exhilaration and turmoil created by both love and fame.
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| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisWhat emerges is a poignant commentary on the uneasy commingling of love and fame. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasVery personal and intimate, giving you insight into the world of these fascinating musicians. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelChris ForanThe intimacy that results is candid and simple as the movie that, for good and ill, put them both center-stage in the first place. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Guy DixonThe question subtly, craftily documented in The Swell Season is whether the fans or Hansard himself want to see the singer cast in this new role of success. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayMost vividly, The Swell Season captures the insistent, borderline-disturbing energy of fandom at its most rabid and psychically intrusive. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldLike any home movie, "The Swell Season" is uneven, but it's full of vivid moments between two painfully honest, likable people, learning some hard truths about fame and love. |
| New York PostKyle SmithLike "Once," this film is a tender little piece of heartbreak. |
| MovielineAlison WillmoreIt's an eloquent summation of the complexities and strength of their bond, and a poetic cap to the pair's fictional and real ups and downs over two films. |
| Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe Swell Season emerges as an incisive cut at fame's effect on the real-life music and romance of Hansard and Irglova. It's an accomplished piece of filmmaking from the trio, who are making their feature-length documentary debut. |
| New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottIt's sadly and tenderly honest -- and so are Hansard and Irglova, as they generously and matter-of-factly open up to the camera. |
