One Chance
Tenor Paul Potts (James Corden), a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night, becomes a singing sensation after appearing on the TV show 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2007.
24 October 1981, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
1956, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
18 November 1975, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
28 September 1979, Vercelli, Piemont, Italy
1987, Ammanford, Carmarthen, Wales, UK
2 May 1982, Sciacca, Sicily, Italy
31 July 1964, Messina, Sicily, Italy
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
1981, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
November 07, 2014
As sweet as the story is -- and as charming as James Corden is in the lead role -- it's mostly a safe, forgettable film steeped in a by-the-numbers blandness.
October 10, 2014
Feel-good stories feel good for a reason, and this one is practically operatic.
May 20, 2016
Corden's performance also helps make this a warm, amusing and light-hearted story.
October 10, 2014
The film trades in the hoariest of bio-pic cliches, but the music and Corden's performance can't be beat.
May 18, 2016
It delivers the promised dose of sentimental inspiration and is then quickly forgotten, leaving little trace behind with viewers.
October 10, 2014
The goose bumps are undeniable. You may as well just give in.
October 09, 2014
David Frankel's film reduces an extraordinary life to a predictable template of bullying, resolve, success, disappointment, and platitudes - a pattern repeated two or three times until the genuinely moving finale.
November 14, 2014
It's not a terrible film -- a crowd-pleaser, a toe-tapper, with appealing, sympathetic leads, it's no worse than anything else Frankel's made of late.
October 09, 2014
There's never really terribly much at stake here, except the success of one chubby nerd with dreams of nailing Puccini's "Nessun dorma." But maybe that dream is enough.
October 10, 2014
Sweet, sentimental biopic of British talent show winner.
October 09, 2014
Delivers a screen version of Mr. Potts's life with straightforward crowd-pleasing instincts and more than a dollop of schmaltz.
