Military Wives is a 2019 British comedy-drama[3] film directed by Peter Cattaneo, from a screenplay by Rosanne Flynn and Rachel Tunnard. It stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng. The film is inspired by the true story of the Military Wives Choirs, a network of 75 choirs in British military bases across the United Kingdom and overseas, featured in the British documentary television series The Choir.
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Directed by | Peter Cattaneo |
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Cinematography | Hubert Taczanowski |
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Music by | Lorne Balfe |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 112 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $4.1 million[2] |
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2019, and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2020 by Lionsgate.
With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the centre of a media sensation and global movement.
In September 2018, it was announced Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan had joined the cast of the film, with Peter Cattaneo directing, from a screenplay by Rosanne Flynn and Rachel Tunnard, with Lionsgate distributing in the United Kingdom.[4]
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2019.[5] Shortly after, Bleecker Street acquired US distribution rights to the film.[6] It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2020[7] and was scheduled to be released in the United States on 27 March.[8] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled to 22 May 2020, where the film will be released on video on demand instead of a planned theatrical release.[9]
On the aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77%, based on 122 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Like a favorite song you know by heart, Military Wives offers few surprises – but its pleasures are no less formidable by their familiarity."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11]
The Guardian called it a "crowd-pleasing comedy drama" that "hits all the right notes".[12]
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