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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 22 May 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…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 22 May 2014

While it won't match ABBA's slam dunk success with Mamma Mia!, this irrepressibly appealing jukebox musical…

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By Joel A (1,152) on 21 May 2014

The opening scene is brilliant. The final scene is awesome. Unfortunately what happens in-between is nowhere near as good…

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By Ian C (1,796) on 21 May 2014

The opening scene is brilliant. The final scene is awesome. Unfortunately what happens in-between is nowhere near as good…

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By Chloe C (426) on 20 May 2014

Chicken soup for the ear and soul! I heartily recommend it in a cold wintry day :)…

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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 20 May 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…

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By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 20 May 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…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 18 May 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…

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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Quickflix (709) on 18 May 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…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 May 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…

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By Dave C (1,370) on 15 May 2014

Loved the music, the humour and the setting. Needed to translate a bit for Oz son in law…

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By Sara J (321) on 27 Apr 2014

Directed by Dexter Fletcher, who made his directorial debut with the crime drama Wild Bill (2011), for his follow-up, he settled on doing something…

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By Stephen-Joel K (5) on 26 Apr 2014

This is the film that Mama Mia would have liked to have been. A great film and a vehicle for fabulous music…

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By Tanya J (111) on 25 Apr 2014

When you gooooooooooo will you seeeend baaaaaack…

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By Alan W (854) on 10 Apr 2014

Lovely feel good film despite all the Scottish people lol…

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By Scott R (2,451) on 07 Apr 2014

I have not enjoyed a film as much as this in such a long time. Heart warming, exhilarating, and moving. Sheer joy to watch…

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By Colin M (400) on 05 Apr 2014

Great Scottish movie with a few good story lines running through this movie, a great stocking filler when it goes to DVD…

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By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 05 Apr 2014

[Fletcher's] adaptation of the hit stage play is to Scottish audiences as Mamma Mia…

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By Simon M (879) on 03 Apr 2014

A curious combination of Scottish cinema veritÃ© and west end musical…

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By Gregory K (228) on 01 Apr 2014

I love The Proclaimers, but as for this film…

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