2020
PG-13
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 52 m

2020
PG-13
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 52 m

Summary A fast living, cynical London music executive (Daniel Mays) heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he's pranked by his boss (Noel Clarke) into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen (led by James Purefoy). He becomes the ultimate "fish out of water" as he struggles to gain the respect or enthusiasm of the u...

Directed By: Chris Foggin

Written By: Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, Piers Ashworth

2020
PG-13
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 52 m

2020
PG-13
Samuel Goldwyn Films
1 h 52 m

Fisherman's Friends

Name: Fisherman's Friends
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Released: 2020-07-24
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Rating: 45
Cast: James Purefoy, Meadow Nobrega, David Hayman, Maggie Steed, Sam Swainsbury

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings

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Directed By: Chris Foggin

Written By: Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, Piers Ashworth

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Film Threat

Jul 23, 2020

There’s really only one reason to see Fisherman’s Friends, and it’s the singing.

By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Jul 23, 2020

A faulty delivery device doesn’t diminish that truth or take away from the requisite happily ever after we know is coming. Purefoy, Hayman, Middleton, and Mays are too good to let that happen. They’ve willingly embraced the clichés to honor a story brimming with the kind of hope we need currently and it’s worth following their lead.

By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Dec 22, 2020

The movie this most closely resembles is the similar “true story” “Calendar Girls,” only with no nudity and less comic edge.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Jul 24, 2020

This is a movie for instant fans; it's explicitly for anyone who doesn’t needs any convincing about why we'd instantly love them, much in the same way its underdog tale is eagerly meant to be seen as pure, and even more cloyingly, as crowd-pleasing.

By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Jul 20, 2020

The script doesn’t contain many lines that ring true, and a few clang wildly off-key.

By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW

The Telegraph

Mar 14, 2019

Even in the realm of scrappy British underdog comedy, there is a clear line between endearingly ramshackle and downright slipshod. Fisherman’s Friends blithely crosses it, never to return, from the moment it chugs out of port.

By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

Mar 13, 2019

Fisherman’s Friends is a somewhat tone-deaf comedy drama. With its by-the-numbers storyline of a jaded London music industry exec (Daniel Mays) who finds romance and true meaning in his life in addition to an acapella group, plus a subplot about a village pub under threat from an out of town property developer, the film is wearisomely predictable and parochial in its outlook.

By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fred Films, Powderkeg Pictures, BondIt Media Capital, Head Gear Films

Release Date Jul 24, 2020

Duration 1 h 52 m

Rating PG-13

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Tagline The U.K's number 1 Buoy Band

Website http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/fishermans-friends/

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James Purefoy

Jim

Meadow Nobrega

Tamsyn

David Hayman

Jago

Maggie Steed

Maggie

Sam Swainsbury

Rowan

Dave Johns

Leadville

Daniel Mays

Danny

Noel Clarke

Troy

Christian Brassington

Henry

Vahid Gold

Driss

Tuppence Middleton

Alwyn

Mae Voogd

Sally

Yuna Shin

Tourist

Ken Drury

Solicitor

Nathan Outlaw

Car Owner

Jason Bailey

Naval Officer

Julian Seager

Quiz Team Captain

Christopher Villiers

Charles Montegue

Charlotte Baker

Abigail

Ashley Bannerman

Nurse

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