Sunshine on Leith

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Sunshine on Leith

PG

2013

1h 40m

Musical

Romance

Comedy

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Davy and Ally have to relearn how to live in Edinburgh after serving in Afghanistan.

Critics Consensus

Sunshine on Leith is a musical so charmingly good-natured that even viewers who don't like musicals may find it difficult to resist.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/06/2017

3/5

To say you don't like an upbeat British film this unpretentiously nice is like saying you don't like tea and biscuits.

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David Stratton

The Australian

05/23/2014

3.5/5

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.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

05/21/2014

4/5

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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Jamie Neish

CineVue

08/13/2018

3/5

A convivial and well-shot musical that forms a narrative and articulates the variable emotions of its characters through upbeat, crowd-pleasing pop songs to varying degrees of success.

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Camilla Long

Sunday Times (UK)

03/06/2018

3/5

By the time you get to the saccharine finale, it's turned into The X Factor, but with kilts.

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Francesca Rudkin

New Zealand Herald

09/08/2017

3.5/5

This is bright, breezy and charming entertainment at its best, even if you're not a mad fan of the musical genre.

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Sarah R

01/11/2025

Love this movie, I could watch it over and over again along with Les Mis (Russel Crowe and Hugh Jackman version). Feel good movies with great music:)

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Liam W

10/05/2024

Absolutely amazing!!

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Lara K

11/13/2022

My favourite movie soundtrack of all time! Also an incredibly beautiful feel-good movie.

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08/23/2021

A pleasent musical/Romance based around the music of the Proclaimers, Its not one of your high energy musicals but it flows and rolls along nicely.

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Dave S

06/27/2021

Terrible movie edinburgh great city proclaimers top duo what could go wrong.lots

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11/22/2020

A superbly enjoyable film. Wonderfully acted and some great songs, how this has passed me by till now i'll never know.

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Synopsis

Davy and Ally have to relearn how to live in Edinburgh after serving in Afghanistan.

Director: Dexter Fletcher
Producer: Andrew Macdonald, Arabella Page Croft, Kieran Parker, Allon Reich
Screenwriter: Stephen Greenhorn
Production Co: Filmax
Rating: PG (Language|Brief Violence|Suggestive/Thematic Material)
Genre: Musical, Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 40m