Military Wives
- 2020 film
Comedy drama inspired by the true story of a choir comprised of military personnel's wives. Stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Emma Lowndes, Gaby French, Lara Rossi and more.
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Military Wives movie review
Tired choir dramedy needs to change the tune.
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher, 7th March 2020Military Wives, review
Feel-good story hits all the familiar notes and rings emotionally true.
Joseph Walsh, i Newspaper, 6th March 2020Military Wives review
No surprises, but this feel-good tear-jerker is a crowd-pleaser.
David Sexton, Evening Standard, 6th March 2020It's martial awww! for Sharon Horgan in Military Wives
The Full Monty director Peter Cattaneo is out to strike box office gold again with another gloom-busting story, this time involving singers, not strippers.
Harry Guerin, RTE, 6th March 2020Military Wives review
Hits familiar beats but still manages to strike a chord.
Jamie East, The Sun, 6th March 2020Review: Military Wives
"You don't need the sheet music to know that this is a familiar tune and the film does lean into all the expected emotional beats heavily."
Amber Wilkinson, Eye For Film, 6th March 2020Military Wives review
Feelgood choir comedy strains in vain for laughs.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 5th March 2020Another one of those depressingly chirpy ensemble British films that celebrates the power of community, Military Wives is set on an army base populated by the spouses and children of soldiers serving overseas, mainly in Afghanistan.
Bad news is daily dreaded, and to distract the wives, two women, Kate (Kristen Scott-Thomas) and Lisa (Sharon Horgan) decide to start a choir.
They don't get on, but eventually will, via the medium of terrifying close harmony.
This sort of stuff can write itself, there are some decent performances, and no one ever has the bad taste to ask an Afghan how they feel about being invaded.
Paul Whitington, The Independent (Ireland), 5th March 2020Film review: Military Wives
Military Wives is locked into a plucky Brit-com formula that seems past its sell-by date.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 5th March 2020