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Hunky Dory

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Hunky Dory

Released Mar 22, 2013

1h 50m

Musical

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In the summer of 1976, a British drama teacher (Minnie Driver) tries to motivate her apathetic students by staging a glam-rock musical version of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

It is not hunky dory at all. Instead, it is half-baked and tiresome.

Aug 31, 2018

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Amy Nicholson

Los Angeles Times

Golden-hued, feel-good treacle, the sort that the U.K. has tried to export ever since Billy Elliot.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 22, 2013

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

The golden-hued cinematography (a filming clich that really needs to be retired) and the sometimes slack direction by Marc Evans are minuses ...

Rated: 2/4

Mar 22, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Isn't trying to be anything more than it simply is, a kindhearted film about a friendly, progressive minded teacher helping kids explore emotions through art.

Aug 8, 2019

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Francesca Rudkin

New Zealand Herald

The musical performances lack the energy and gloss of shows like Glee, but what you see here is more like what you'd experience at an average high school musical.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 11, 2017

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

A period piece spin on Glee, as filtered through the gauzy lens of underclass-artistic-exuberance that's plagued a subset of comedic-leaning British imports ever since Billy Elliot.

Rated: C

Apr 15, 2013

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Clever and interesting little film

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Beautiful, nostalgic, heartfelt. Loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Good film lots of great music

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Some seriously sniffy reviews here, well I loved it! You could probably argue that the drama doesn't quite live up to the sparkling Welsh school recreations of 70s classic songs but it's never less than heartfelt. In the end Minnie Driver is so good at this sort of role and any film which ends with a recreation of 'Life on Mars' is always going to win me round. I was really charmed from start to finish.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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An uplifting coming-of-age story with a great soundtrack. It just feels a little too written-for-the-screen rather than a genuine story from the 1970's.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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another school play pic

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

In the summer of 1976, a British drama teacher (Minnie Driver) tries to motivate her apathetic students by staging a glam-rock musical version of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

Director: Marc Evans
Screenwriter: Laurence Coriat
Distributor: Variance Films
Production Co: Prescience
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.0K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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