<P> A seven - minute director's cut version was shown exclusively at select advance screenings of the motion picture My Week with Marilyn on November 11, 2011 . The extended version shows a more cinematic side to the plot of the original music video and includes never - before - seen footage, as well as extended dialogue between the characters . </P> <P> Jillian Mapes of Billboard commented that the video was "beautifully - shot" and praised the interesting plot . A writer of Rolling Stone wrote: "It's a cute clip for a sweet song, but the heavy - handed aging makeup is hard to get over ." Erin Strecker from Entertainment Weekly compared the video with Titanic (1997) and Rihanna's video for "We Found Love". Strecker also noted that the video was more "tragic" than he was expecting from Perry . Jocelyn Vena of MTV News said: "Katy Perry's moody, contemplative clip for' The One That Got Away' perfectly encapsulates both the joy of falling in love and the heartbreak of letting go . It travels through time and space and recalls the story of Perry's one that got away ." Consequence of Sound's Chris Coplan called the video a "little more somber" than the videos Perry made for "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". </P> <P> On January 17, 2012, Electronic Arts announced that they would be teaming up with Perry to help promote their new expansion pack for The Sims game franchise called The Sims 3: Showtime which sees the release of a limited collector's edition that contains in - game content based on herself . An official music video for "The One That Got Away" featuring Perry as a Sim was uploaded on their official YouTube channel . The storyline shows a female sim and her love interest falling in love and getting married . One day, the male sim collapses in the bathroom floor, he is taken to the hospital and then dies . His wife is then seen mourning at his funeral . Suddenly, she is transported "to another life", Katy's Candyfornia featured in her California Gurls music video, where her love interest is still alive and well; they reunite and kiss . It also features most of the in - game content that will be included for the collector's edition of the Sims 3: Showtime and in the stuff pack The Sims 3: Katy Perry's Sweet Treats . </P> <P> "The One That Got Away" was part of the setlist of Perry's worldwide 2011 concert tour, California Dreams Tour . On October 16, 2011, Perry performed the song on the UK version of The X Factor . Perry performed the song at the American Music Awards on November 20, 2011 . Her AMA 2011 performance was followed by a lengthy standing ovation, and presentation of a special award acknowledging Perry as the only female to have five number - one singles from the same album . Perry performed the song as part of a Live Lounge special for BBC Radio 1's Fearne Cotton on March 19, 2012 along with "Part of Me", "Firework", "Thinking of You" and a censored version of "Niggas in Paris". </P>

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