History YMMV / Once

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Meta example with how the Guy is constantly questioning whether his music is good enough and one of his songs ends up winning an Oscar.
** Another meta example from the Oscars ceremony: when they won best song, Marketa was unable to give her speech because the orchestra cut her off. Before the night ended, host Creator/JonStewart brought her back on to finish her acceptance speech.
** Fellow Best Song nominee Creator/StephenSchwartz was delighted that "Falling Slowly" beat his ''three'' Oscar nominated songs from ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''; he had enough hardware that he didn't mind being beaten by ''that'' song.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Try watching this film after listening to The Swell Season's album ''Strict Joy'', about the end of Hansard and Irglova's real life romantic relationship. Also the documentary ''The Swell Season'', where we literally get to watch their relationship disintegrating. This is at least a little softened by the fact that the two remain friends to this day, so it's obvious none of it was for nothing.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Herbert's earlier ''Literature/TheMagicCottage'' (1986). Both explore the theme of the nurture of nature by higher forces, and nefarious attempts to exploit such forces.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Try watching this film after listening to The Swell Season's "Strict Joy", about the end of Hansard and Irglova's real life romantic relationship. Also the documentary ''The Swell Season'', where we literally get to watch their relationship disintegrating. This is at least a little softened by the fact that the two remain friends to this day, so it's obvious none of it was for nothing.

** ''Falling Slowly'' deserves its own mention, because it won an Oscar.
** As does ''When Your Mind's Made Up'', especially in the Broadway version. The UncommonTime alone is enough to give it a mention.
** ''Say It to Me Now'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMqKOt7R_K8 a ragged, raw nerve]], exposing all The Guy's emotions over his girlfriend's betrayal to the hard elements.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Try watching this film after listening to The Swell Season's ''Strict Joy'', about the end of Hansard and Irglova's real life romantic relationship. Also the documentary ''The Swell Season'', where we literally get to watch their relationship disintegrating. This is at least a little softened by the fact that the two remain friends to this day, so it's obvious none of it was for nothing.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Herbert's earlier 'Literature/TheMagicCottage'' (1986). Both explore the theme of the nurture of nature by higher forces, and nefarious attempts to exploit such forces.

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Nell Quick]] is a twisted witch who holds Sir Russell Bleeth in a state between life and death. Thom Kindred, Sir Bleeth's son, stands in the way of Nell inheriting the Bleeth Estate through her lover Hugo. A sexual sadist, Nell attempts to have Thom [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] to steal his seed, and takes Thom's physical therapist Katy, drugging her to enjoy sex with Nell before outright raping her. Attempting to murder the others in her way, Nell is willing to throw the balance between worlds out of balance with [[ItsAllAboutMe her only care]] being what she can gain from abusing and violating others.* SpiritualSuccessor: To Herbert's earlier 'Literature/TheMagicCottage'' (1986). Both explore the theme of the nurture of nature by higher forces, and nefarious attempts to exploit such forces.

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Nell Quick]] is a twisted witch who holds Sir Russell Bleeth in a state between life and death. Thom Kindred, Sir Bleeth's son, stands in the way of Nell inheriting the Bleeth Estate through her lover Hugo. A sexual sadist, Nell attempts to have Thom [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] to steal his seed, and takes Thom's physical therapist Katy, drugging her to enjoy sex with Nell before outright raping her. Attempting to murder the others in her way, Nell is willing to throw the balance between worlds out of balance with [[ItsAllAboutMe her only care]] being what she can gain from abusing and violating others.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Try watching this film after listening to The Swell Season's ''Strict Joy'', about the end of Hansard and Irglova's real life romantic relationship.
** Also the documentary ''The Swell Season'', where we literally get to watch their relationship disintegrating.

** Falling Slowly deserves its own mention, because it won an Oscar.
** As does When Your Mind's Made Up, especially in the Broadway version. The UncommonTime alone is enough to give it a mention.
** Say It to Me Now is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMqKOt7R_K8 a ragged, raw nerve]], exposing all The Guy's emotions over his girlfriend's betrayal to the hard elements.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Pretty much all of it.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The entire movie.

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* EarWorm: [[StylisticSuck As hilariously bad as it is,]] [[HollywoodToneDeaf you gotta admit, the song "Abandoned in Bandon"]] [[TheMusical from the stage version]] [[SoBadItsGood is pretty damn catchy.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglova's Oscar acceptance speeches (and Jon Stewart letting Markéta come and speak later in the night).
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The entire movie.
** Meta example with how the Guy is constantly questioning whether his music is good enough and one of his songs ends up winning an Oscar.
** Another meta example from the Oscars ceremony: when they won best song, Marketa was unable to give her speech because the orchestra cut her off. Before the night ended, host Creator/JonStewart brought her back on to finish her acceptance speech.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pretty much all of it.