One Chance

In March 2020, I watched One Chance on TV. The movie is about a man who exists and won a talent show competition as an opera singer. Speaking of a movie about a competition, I watched Teen Spirit in January that is a fiction and describes the success story of a girl. The girl acted by Elle Fanning was eye-pleasing to me and so pretty that I was never tired of the film through. About One Chance, however, the main character, Paul, was never eye-pleasing because he was fat and seemed dull. The story kind of moved me, though. 

The appearance of James Corden as Paul reminded me Richard in Richard Jewell. Both of them looked similar but their characters are widely different from each other. Richard assumes himself to be always right, yet Paul has no confidence in himself. Both of them would annoy me if they were around me, though I believe that each could cause drama in his life thanks to his unique character. 

The movie was good but did not satisfied me so much. The climax scene did not move me maybe because I had known the result of the competition. I was most impressed when Paul's dad punched a guy in a pub. It really touched me. A fool will be a fool. Anyway, I was moved by the paternal love more than the martial love. 

Alexandra Roach as Julz, Paul's wife, was very charming but she was not quite beautiful, which I think makes the film realistic. Wonderful women do not necessarily look pretty in the real world. Humanity counts for everything in the end, though I think that it is better to be good-looking for both men and women.