Sunshine on Leith
A film of Dexter Fletcher about friendship, love and family. Ally & Davy are best pals and their parents are busy planning their 25th wedding anniversary. A secret is reveals, which threaten to breakup of family and relationships.
25 September 1966, Putney, London, England, UK
2 November 1959, Peterhead, Scotland, UK
5 March 1962, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
13 March 1992, London, England, UK
May 21, 2014
The flash mob finale, with what looks like 500 dancing Edinburghers, is about the most fun I've had in a cinema this year.
May 19, 2014
Thankfully more pleasing than patronising, Sunshine on Leith works because it's not universal; while tidied up, it's still peculiar to a place and people.
June 05, 2014
Lovers of musicals and/or The Proclaimers may find themselves overlooking the flaws and enjoying this film a lot more than me.
May 18, 2014
I feel a bit mean not to embrace Stephen Greenhorn's adaptation of his good hearted stage musical, but the film plods instead of soars, despite its genuine characters and heartfelt performances
May 23, 2014
There are sentimental elements, and not all the songs are top-drawer, but despite that the unlikely idea of having characters burst into song as they walk down the street or drink in a pub worked for me.
June 06, 2014
It's pleasant. It will provoke a smile. Take your grandma
May 23, 2014
While it won't match ABBA's slam dunk success with Mamma Mia!, this irrepressibly appealing jukebox musical... will still find a receptive audience 'round these here parts.
May 24, 2014
Fans of The Proclaimers will obviously eat this up while non-fans will appreciate the dramatic salt sprinkled over the musical sweetness that keeps this from becoming twee.
May 21, 2014
A wee bit twee and syrupy, this jaunty Scottish musical works hard to take you from misery to happiness all to the upbeat sound of The Proclaimers.
May 13, 2014
It starts out so fabulously in Afghanistan in this armoured vehicle and these boys just start spontaneously singing Sky Takes the Soul and I went, oh, this is so unexpected and beautiful.
October 01, 2013
A wet, sloppy dog-kiss of a film ... Heart-on-sleeve sweet.
May 19, 2014
There is nothing quite as alarming as sitting down to a film and only then discovering it's a musical, to say nothing of the confusion that comes with the realisation it's comprised entirely of Proclaimers songs.
