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Walking on Sunshine

Name: Walking on Sunshine
Director: Max Giwa
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Arts and culture
Released: 2014
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Hannah Arterton, Annabel Scholey, Greg Wise, Katy Brand, Leona Lewis

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Comedy
Drama

2014
Max Giwa
93 mins
12A

Summary

Musical comedy featuring 1980s pop hits, starring Annabel Scholey and Hannah Arterton. Taylor heads to Puglia, Italy, for her sister's wedding, a place where she once had a passionate holiday romance. But on arriving for what should be a happy family reunion, Taylor makes a shocking discovery.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Victoria Luxford

The makers of the StreetDance movies escape to the sun in this bright and breezy musical comedy. Taylor (Hannah Arterton) returns to the Italian resort where she had a memorable holiday romance to attend her sister's wedding. On arrival, she discovers that her former lover, Raf (Giulio Berruti), is her future brother-in-law. Aiming for the same feel-good camp factor that made Mamma Mia! a hit, the familiar farcical shenanigans are peppered here with 1980s karaoke favourites belted out by a cast (including X-Factor winner Leona Lewis) who bound about picturesque streets with gay abandon. As trashy as it is, there is something charming and infectious about the film's unashamedly cheesy outlook, even if the obvious but effective gags, provided by Katy Brand as the sisters' best friend, merely fill the spaces in-between energetic musical numbers. An acquired taste it may be, but the sunny disposition of this limoncello-soaked frolic ensures its status as a guilty pleasure.

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5.4/10