When I heard about this film I thought "a musical made around Proclaimers songs, what could go wrong". The Proclaimers were one of a huge list of great bands that came out of Scotland in the 1980's. Simple Minds, Aztec Camera, Annie Lennox to name a few.
I always wait a couple of days to rate a movie. If i'm still thinking about it 2 days later (still humming the tunes in this case) in a good way it gets a five. If I like the actors and I think they did a good job, six. If I would recommend it to friends it's a seven. If it was good cinematographically, eight. If it makes it as one of my films of the year, nine. BFA or Oscar worthy, ten.
This film got a solid eight in my book. Not a great film and one that I probably rated higher due to my love of the Proclaimers. If you hate the band then I fear that you will hate this film because there is precious little plot to write home about. Other than the music the big star of this film is Edinburgh, lovingly shot as the background.
Would I pay money to watch it a second time? No probably not. Would I rewatch it as a whole, again probably not. But I would and have watched the musical numbers again and again. The film had me hooked at the opening song "Sky Takes the Soul". Powerful and incredibly apt for the scene. Other songs ran the gamut from tap your feet great to shoehorned in cringey but regardless they were all well done. Even the "Slumdog" finale of "500 Miles" made me smile.
The cast as a whole worked quite well. There were some whom I thought were brill. Horrocks of course, MacKay who did a solid job and especially Antonia Thomas, great voice. They all did great credit to the songs.
So, all in all, I found this to be a lovely film to warm your cockles when you're feeling a bit down. Don't take it too seriously and enjoy.
Oh and by the way, nothing went wrong, it was almost perfect.
I always wait a couple of days to rate a movie. If i'm still thinking about it 2 days later (still humming the tunes in this case) in a good way it gets a five. If I like the actors and I think they did a good job, six. If I would recommend it to friends it's a seven. If it was good cinematographically, eight. If it makes it as one of my films of the year, nine. BFA or Oscar worthy, ten.
This film got a solid eight in my book. Not a great film and one that I probably rated higher due to my love of the Proclaimers. If you hate the band then I fear that you will hate this film because there is precious little plot to write home about. Other than the music the big star of this film is Edinburgh, lovingly shot as the background.
Would I pay money to watch it a second time? No probably not. Would I rewatch it as a whole, again probably not. But I would and have watched the musical numbers again and again. The film had me hooked at the opening song "Sky Takes the Soul". Powerful and incredibly apt for the scene. Other songs ran the gamut from tap your feet great to shoehorned in cringey but regardless they were all well done. Even the "Slumdog" finale of "500 Miles" made me smile.
The cast as a whole worked quite well. There were some whom I thought were brill. Horrocks of course, MacKay who did a solid job and especially Antonia Thomas, great voice. They all did great credit to the songs.
So, all in all, I found this to be a lovely film to warm your cockles when you're feeling a bit down. Don't take it too seriously and enjoy.
Oh and by the way, nothing went wrong, it was almost perfect.