Greatest Days

2023

1 hr. 52 min.

Musical

Comedy

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GREATEST DAYS is the feel-good and universal story of love and friendship featuring the hit songs of Take That and adapted from the smash stage show by the writer of Calendar Girls. We follow five best friends who have the night of their lives seeing their favorite boy band in concert. Twenty-five years later their lives have changed in many different ways as they reunite for one more epic show by their beloved band, to relight their friendship and discover that maybe their greatest days are ahead of them.

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Grant R

Songs placed in terrible positions, very thin plot.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/08/23

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Alan W

Belatedly, we have the music of British 90s boyband, Take That, being Mamma Mia-ed into a jukebox musical, and this inevitable, though kinda low-budgeted, film adaptation which spins some of the corniest and mushiest narratives into a very typically Brit-com dramedy that normally will make my eyes do somersaults in the back of my head. A reliably watchable Aisling Bea plays Rachel, a pediatric nurse in either London or Manchester (the geography in this film is terribly inconsistent and/or confusing) who, after winning tickets for a reunion concert in Athens for her favourite boyband (now obligatory multi-racially composed, unlike the very white Take That, for maximum inclusivity/political correctness), is reunited with her school friends/fellow fans (ditto multi-racially composed) whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Tim Firth's screenplay is hardly subtle, but while how each of Rachel's school friends turned out is random but mildly amusing, the (not particularly) shocking event that led to them growing apart is subjected to some of the most hackneyed obfuscation in operation here. What does work and saves this from being a total disaster is firstly its fresh and likeable younger cast, with Lara McDonnell's young Rachel a perfect match to Bea, while the older cast with indie actor/filmmaker Alice Lowe and comedienne Jayde Adams amp up the comedic factor. Most importantly, we have the nostalgic magic of those incredibly hummable hits which are proficiently infused and incorporated into the narrative without them feeling jammed in. Coky Giedroyc's direction of those musical numbers is assured and pleasing and almost makes the terribly sentimental and predictable plotting palatable. Add an extra star to my rating if you're a middle-aged female Take That fan as this would make a perfect Saturday night's entertainment for you and your mates over a bottle of Rosé or three.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Jonathan M

Weird and annoying celebration of mediocrity and making do. Why can no-one cast in this musical sing well?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/29/23

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Yvonne H

As a born and bred Clitheronian, . I thought it was dreadful. Acting, storyline none existent. Just really bad. The accents were absolutely awful. I'm not a Take That fan, but if I were, I'd be annoyed.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/29/23

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Ellen B

I LOVE THIS FILMMM! everyone should go watch it. and then rewatch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Debbie C

Love this film I went pictures to see it can't get enough of it even got it on Amazon prime

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/27/23

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Coky Giedroyc

Director

Aisling Bea

Rachel

Isabelle Bernardo

Dancer

Matthew McNulty

Stuart

Alice Lowe

Heather

Emma Amos

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It’s a film that obediently hits the predictable story beats, is regularly punctuated by peppy, disposable musical numbers, but shows no inclination to be much more than a nostalgic marketing vehicle for a collection of anodyne pop songs.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 18, 2023

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

It’s well-performed and efficiently emotive. Just like the music of Take That, I guess.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 17, 2023

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Greatest Days is a little film made with heart and pluck and the very best intentions, but that absolutely isn’t going to get it off the hook.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 16, 2023

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

But the movie has heart and undeniably catchy numbers that will keep viewers watching to the final bow.

Mar 18, 2024

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

This lively British comedy almost overflows with cheeky energy, goofy slapstick, personal drama and sentimentality.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 20, 2023

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Andy Lea

Daily Express (UK)

[Coky Giedroy] has to rely on a certain ramshackle charm to paper over its slightly cheap-looking song-and-dance routines. Thankfully, her excellent cast and her choreographer Drew McOnie have that in abundance...

Rated: 3/5

Jun 20, 2023

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Synopsis

GREATEST DAYS is the feel-good and universal story of love and friendship featuring the hit songs of Take That and adapted from the smash stage show by the writer of Calendar Girls. We follow five best friends who have the night of their lives seeing their favorite boy band in concert. Twenty-five years later their lives have changed in many different ways as they reunite for one more epic show by their beloved band, to relight their friendship and discover that maybe their greatest days are ahead of them.

Director: Coky Giedroyc
Executive Producer: Andrew Boswell
Screenwriter: Tim Firth
Production Co: Elysian Film Group
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English