And this week's Friday night movie has been.....Sunshine on Leith!
Yep, it's the musical based on the music of the Proclaimers.
I've never been a fan of the so-called 'jukebox musicals'. This is because they always seem to come across as if the writer spent more time on song selection than the rest of the script. Thankfully, this is an exception.
There's a lot to like here: The songs are used to great effect, there's some great characters, Scottish accents ("X-berks"), a script with some drama and some genuinely touching moments. I especially like how never once the songs tend to drown out the story completely and it gives time to develop characters and give them agency.
And the finale, to (unsurprisingly) 500 miles, is truly a thing of joy.
On a more personal note however, I recall having the Proclaimers big album (of the same name) playing a lot in the house when i was a little kid. So it's certainly something to see these songs that i recognized being presented in such a manner.
So yeah: Great movie and a shining example of a Jukebox musical done right.
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