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      One Chance

      PG-13 Released Oct 10, 2014 1 hr. 43 min. Biography Comedy Drama List
      64% 58 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Tenor Paul Potts (James Corden) becomes a singing sensation after appearing on the TV show "Britain's Got Talent" in 2007. Read More Read Less Watch on Peacock Stream Now

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      Predictable and sentimental, yet thoroughly agreeable, One Chance is an unapologetic crowd-pleaser that achieves its admittedly modest goals.

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      Test T I watched this on DVD. It's ok, but has nothing special to recommend it. I was expecting it to be funny, but it's not written as a comedy. I was expecting it to be inspiring and uplifting but it is mostly set in the industrial part of South Wales which keeps it well grounded most of the time. Paul's Venice opportunity is cut short, and then things take a turn for the worse back in Wales. The relationship between Paul and Julie-Ann is sweet, and is probably the most memorable part of the story. Over all though, it feels like it was made for television, and does not belong in the Cinema. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Audience Member Powerful and tender story of the little boy from Wales who went all the way with his golden voice. Love carried him all the way to the top. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A nice story but for some reason while the rest of the cast spoke with a Welsh accent the closest James Corden could get was Bristol Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A nice feel good movie starring James Cordon and Opera music.If you like Corden and Opera give it a go. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review John P English and engaging Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/17 Full Review Audience Member Like millions of people, my introduction to opera tenor Paul Potts came via YouTube. The morning after he had first appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2007, he was the subject of Internet chatter all over the world. I began the video, watching this rumpled mobile phone salesman with the broken tooth talking about his lack of self-confidence. Like Simon Cowell, I was skeptical. When the music started, I could see the transformation taking place in his eyes. His mouth opened and a sound came out that blew me - and everyone else - away. Go find the video on YouTube and watch what happens to his eyes at the 46-second mark. Paul Potts was the first global star to come from that talent show and his backstory can now be seen in the film, ONE CHANCE. Potts' life is one where the Fates seemed to be conspiring against him. Overweight and having a passion for singing opera from an early age, Potts was regularly bullied by the neighbourhood boys. His father had hoped for him to be a just "normal" bloke - work in the foundry where he did, have a couple of pints with the boys after work and then head home to the wife and the TV. Fortunately for Potts, though, his mother (one of his four guardian angels) had other ideas. She encouraged his passion on. His boss at the Carphone Warehouse was another of his angels. Braddon pushed him to join a local talent competition which gave him the funds to enrol at a prestigious opera school in Venice. While at the school, he met another angel - his singing partner, Alessandra, who insisted that they have to be the best singers in the class so that they could perform for Pavarotti, which they did. But his biggest angel was Julz, the woman he met in an online dating site and ultimately married. She kept picking him up and dusting him off after each of his setbacks (and he had many!). Potts is a very lucky guy. So many people live unfulfilled lives because they don't have the support system he has. The film's strength comes from the acting and the obvious chemistry between the actors. James Corden plays the shy and humble Potts with the wholesomeness and honesty that makes you feel for him each time he runs headlong into another wall. The same can be said for Alexandra Roach, who plays his wife. (If the portrayal of Julz is accurate, if it weren't for her, Paul would still be running the phone shop in their Welsh town, or worse, working at the foundry with the boys who used to pick on him.) Roach's portrayal is both earnest and believable... and her Welsh accent is legit. MacKenzie Crook (UK's The Office), who plays Braddon, provides the film's comic relief but even he, too, flexes his acting muscles as Potts' rough-around-the-edges, yet loyal friend and boss. Veteran actors Julie Walters and Colm Meaney (at his grumpiest best) round out the cast as Potts' parents. ONE CHANCE offers viewers not much more than what has already been written about Potts in the press but it is a feel-good, shmaltzy film where you cheer for the underdog even if you already know how the story ends. Would we want to have it any other way? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Linda Barnard Toronto Star The ho-hum story is hardly what you'd call grand opera. Rated: 2/4 Nov 13, 2014 Full Review R. Kurt Osenlund Slant Magazine David Frankel crams his story with predictable developments, yet he matches his subject in spirit, pushing something into the spotlight that, however unlikely, elicits irresistible glee. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 10, 2014 Full Review Christy Lemire RogerEbert.com The goose bumps are undeniable. You may as well just give in. Rated: 3/4 Oct 10, 2014 Full Review Pablo O. Scholz Clarín You can say that Paul is a dreamer, but he's surely not the only one, and those who are like him will surely delight in One Chance more than others. [Full review in Spanish] Jan 29, 2018 Full Review Francesca Rudkin New Zealand Herald Corden's performance also helps make this a warm, amusing and light-hearted story. Rated: 3/5 May 20, 2016 Full Review Joe Bendel Epoch Times It delivers the promised dose of sentimental inspiration and is then quickly forgotten, leaving little trace behind with viewers. Rated: 2.0 May 18, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Tenor Paul Potts (James Corden) becomes a singing sensation after appearing on the TV show "Britain's Got Talent" in 2007.
      Director
      David Frankel
      Executive Producer
      Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Steve Whitney
      Screenwriter
      Justin Zackham
      Distributor
      Weinstein Co.
      Production Co
      Relevant Entertainment, Weston Pictures
      Rating
      PG-13 (Some Language|Sexual Material)
      Genre
      Biography, Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 10, 2014, Limited
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 7, 2015
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $89.7K
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