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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Dec 2013

Director David Frankel has crafted a sweet, funny, heartfelt film, and while we may know all along how it all turns out, Paul's signature performance…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 28 Nov 2013

It's mush all right, but it's not whether something is mush that matters, it's how well it's done…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 28 Nov 2013

The film will appeal to those who love such British underdog stories as The Full Monty, Brassed Off and Billy Elliot…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 26 Nov 2013

I'm not dissing the achievements of Paul Potts but this is a formulaic exercise in feel good cinema that fails to recreate this inspirational tale…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 25 Nov 2013

Driving the entire film with supreme confidence and effortless presence is a parallel star-is-born story: the performance by James Corden…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 21 Nov 2013

A hero's journey on an operatic scale, One Chance brings together a wonderful, beneficial cinematic storm of a great story, superbly cast &…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 07 Nov 2013

A mostly warm-hearted, gently humorous film that will one day play very well on TV…

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By Rob Carnevale (227) for The List (2,018) on 28 Oct 2013

For all its feel-good intent, the film is ultimately generic and dispiriting…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 28 Oct 2013

[The] feel-good-or-die story of Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts's rise from Carphone Warehouse obscurity to opera-belting fame…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 25 Oct 2013

The film breezes much too quickly through pretty much every aspect of his life, as if producer Simon Cowell had designed it to be a fill-in…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 24 Oct 2013

The film does have its pleasures. Roach is warm and convincing (with a proper Welsh accent) and the script occasionally sparkles…

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By Caroline Jowett (26) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 24 Oct 2013

There are no great surprises or sophistication in One Chance but it works…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 23 Oct 2013

James Corden is robustly likeable and, when needed, emotionally flibbertigibbet. Unimaginable that anyone could play the role better…

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By Katherine Mclaughlin (276) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 23 Oct 2013

One Chance tells the story of Paul Potts in a sweet and over sentimental way veering away from the truth in favour of the usual formulaic Hollywood…

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By Neil Smith (699) for Total Film (3,532) on 23 Oct 2013

Potts does the singing himself, but that doesn’t stop Justin Zackham’s (The Big Wedding) contrived script from sounding bum notes throughout…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 22 Oct 2013

It's a familiar tale but one which is never condescending or patronising: fans of Billy Elliot will be dancing with delight…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Oct 2013

The problem with the film is that Potts’s life story has been put through the Hollywood meatgrinder…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 20 Oct 2013

Corden is pretty good, combining likability with lip-synching to the real Paul Potts whenever opera is called for, and Alexandra Roach brings…

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By Liz Beardsworth (78) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 20 Oct 2013

A fluffy but fun telling of a rags to riches story…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 20 Oct 2013

One Chance is highly cliched and overly sentimental in points, where some of the dialogue is breathtakingly cringeworthy…

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