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One Chance (12A)

One Chance (12A)

Biography, Comedy, Music

The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- "Britain's Got Talent".


The critical consensus

Corden is pretty good, combining likability with lip-synching to the real Paul Potts whenever opera is called for, and Alexandra Roach brings warmth to his impossibly saintly wife, Julie-Ann.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 20/10/2013

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

***(*)(*)Liz Beardsworth, Empire Online, 21/10/2013

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

**(*)(*)(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 23/10/2013

It’s strong crowd-pleasing entertainment and welcome evidence that Corden has movie star chops while Roach proves again that she’s one of our best rising actresses.

Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 26/10/2013

Triumph follows adversity follows triumph follows adversity in dizzying fashion in David Frankel's contrived but still affecting biopic of Paul Potts.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 24/10/2013

Like Slumdog Millionaire, it's a film in which a British TV show has a starring role, and perhaps in the future every small-screen franchise product will get its own movie deal. But happy endings can be illusory in this business.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 24/10/2013

It's a syrupy, rags-to-riches tale.

Mark Kermode, The Observer, 27/10/2013

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

**(*)(*)(*)Rob Carnevale, The List, 28/10/2013


Features about One Chance (12A)

James Corden on trying to sing like Paul Potts

Sarah Jane Griffiths, BBC, 25/10/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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