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.
- Repeated Monday at 9pm on Film4
Press clippings Page 4
Director didn't want Military Wives to be too slick
When Gareth Malone created his Military Wives choir, the effects were to prove far more enduring and profound than the resulting flurry of fame.
Rebecca Thomas, BBC, 25th February 2020Review: Military Wives delivers a soothing tune
If being called a 'feel good movie' would right away make you think of a thoughtless and syrupy offering aiming just to please, Military Wives would shatter that myth.
Diana Cheng, Ripple Effects, 14th September 2019Military Wives: Toronto review
Resistance is futile.
Allan Hunter, Screen Daily, 11th September 2019Military Wives review
The director of The Full Monty returns with another light British charmer, this one about women who sing Cyndi Lauper to cope with a war.
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10th September 2019Review: Military Wives
Peter Cattaneo's dramatisation of a true story pleasantly hits familiar notes.
Elena Lazic, Cineuropa, 9th September 2019Toronto film review: Military Wives
Though their husbands are on a dangerous six-month deployment, the women of this charmer about a camp choir find a reason to sing.
Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7th September 2019Our review of Military Wives
Though the supporting players are thinly written, Scott Thomas and Horgan are delightful in their roles.
Courtney Small, In The Seats, 6th September 2019TIFF review: Military Wives
Actors work hard to find real emotion in their cookie-cutter characters in predictable British dramedy.
Norman Wilner, Now Toronto, 6th September 2019Military Wives: film review | TIFF 2019
Corny but infectiously catchy.
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter, 6th September 2019Military Wives review
The true story of the women who gained unlikely fame in 2011 has been turned into a pleasant, if patchy, film from the director of The Full Monty.
Bejamin Lee, The Guardian, 6th September 2019