One Chance
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: October 10, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
13
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireOct 10, 2014
You’d have to be totally cynical, with a heart of stone and ice water in your veins, not to be even the slightest bit charmed by One Chance. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 9, 2014
Despite the story’s familiarity, its star manages to turn its many tropes into a winning formula. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonDec 6, 2013
Director David Frankel has crafted a sweet, funny, heartfelt film, and while we may know all along how it all turns out, Paul's signature performance still gives us chills. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyOct 17, 2013
An utterly formulaic but sweet movie that does what a crowd-pleaser is meant to do. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundOct 10, 2014
David Frankel crams his story with predictable developments, yet he matches his subject in spirit, pushing something into the spotlight that, however unlikely, elicits irresistible glee. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeOct 22, 2013
The problem with the film is that Potts’s life story has been put through the Hollywood meatgrinder. Awkward details have been changed or erased – they’ve made Potts Welsh (he grew up in Bristol) and eliminated his siblings. Read full review
60
EmpireLiz BeardsworthOct 21, 2013
A fluffy but fun telling of a rags to riches story. Read full review
60
The GuardianCatherine ShoardOct 17, 2013
The movie is strongest is when it strips away the facts and focuses on the emotional notes. Read full review
50
Boston GlobePeter KeoughOct 9, 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. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 9, 2014
The appealing Mr. Corden manages the not insignificant task of maintaining interest in a story whose climax has already been passed around on YouTube. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartOct 9, 2014
Sweet and funny — largely thanks to James Corden in the lead role — it’s never particularly surprising. Read full review
50
Village VoiceChris PackhamOct 7, 2014
The film shoehorns Potts's life story into a familiar underdog template, populating the world with near-mythological threshold guardians who exist to assure the hero that he isn't good enough. Read full review
50
The DissolveMike D'AngeloOct 7, 2014
The film fictionalizes his life story so aggressively that it’s no less (or more) entertaining than the average rom-com. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichOct 8, 2014
Blandly directed by "The Devil Wears Prada"-helmed David Frankel, One Chance lacks the middlebrow polish that has made his films such reliably re-watchable cable-TV fodder. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNov 7, 2014
It is nothing if not a nice film. But it's little more than that. Read full review
40
Total FilmNeil SmithOct 24, 2013
Potts does the singing himself, but that doesn’t stop Justin Zackham’s (The Big Wedding) contrived script from sounding bum notes throughout. Read full review
40
VarietyScott FoundasOct 17, 2013
What keeps One Chance plugging along almost in spite of itself are the warmly engaging performances of Corden and Alexandra Roach. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 17, 2013
For all the solid efforts of the cast, it’s still one of those biopics with a totally canned story arc and as many head-slapping moments as intentional laughs. Read full review
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