Once Around

I came upon it by chance while watching something else on TV that evening...and the story grabbed me...what actually grabbed me was their love story.... Full review

great cast great acting great story line i mean how can u go wrong ...if u havent seen that movie yet u have no clue what you're missing... Full review

This movie is excellent and one of Richard Dreyfuss's most complex characters. Hunter is awesome as usual with an interesting Northeastern accent. Richard Dreyfuss's character has such good intentions, but he is thoroughly misunderstood.... Full review

It's a jewel of a scene, and Rowlands -- in a priceless performance -- mines it for every ounce of humor and heartbreak. Scotch Marmo never compromises the bleak undercurrents of the story for the sake of a laugh. ... Full Review

In that touching, funny film Hallstrom succeeded everywhere he fails in "Once Around. On the whole "Once Around" is strangely enervating, proof that family problems -- even those of fictional families -- are often best kept behind closed doors. ... Full Review

Not in any conventional way; it's too much of a mess for that, and yet at the same time it's not a stupid film and not without feeling. The family, the Bellas, are complicated and close-knit, ruled by a father ( Danny Aiello ) who is smart, affectionate and wise about affairs of the heart, although not wise enough to deal with this new in-law. ... Full Review

Since making his screen debut in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Danny Aiello has become one of Hollywood's top character actors. He has played enough cops and tough guys to last a lifetime, but recent roles - such as his... ... Full Article

Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss, those spunky nubbins, go "Once Around" again in Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom's first American film. Yes, the screen's most unlikely lovebirds, so lukewarm in "Always," spoon up another serving of mush in this warm family... ... Full Article