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Begin Again

Begin Again

Comedy · Music · Romance · 2014

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

Movie details

Begin Again

“You're only as strong as your next move.”

2014 Comedy · Music · Romance 1h 44m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.4 / 10

173.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

83 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

62 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Begin Again?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John Carney

Written by

John Carney

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

Dan Mulligan

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Gretta James

Adam Levine

Adam Levine

Dave Kohl

Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld

Violet Mulligan

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Miriam Hart

James Corden

James Corden

Steve

Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey

Saul

Court is in session

Put Begin Again on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.