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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Relive the summer of 1976 in this heartwarming British musical from the producer of Billy Elliot. Minnie Driver plays Viv, a high school drama teacher determined to fire up her hormonal, apathetic students by putting on the best end-of-the-year show the school has ever seen... a glam rock-infused musical version of Shakespeare's The Temp...

Directed By: Marc Evans

Written By: Laurence Coriat

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 50 m

Hunky Dory

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary Relive the summer of 1976 in this heartwarming British musical from the producer of Billy Elliot. Minnie Driver plays Viv, a high school drama teacher determined to fire up her hormonal, apathetic students by putting on the best end-of-the-year show the school has ever seen... a glam rock-infused musical version of Shakespeare's The Temp...

Directed By: Marc Evans

Written By: Laurence Coriat

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
46
7% Positive
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87% Mixed
13 Reviews
7% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
46
7% Positive
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87% Mixed
13 Reviews
7% Negative
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70
Mar 8, 2013
When rehearsals finally give way to full, unconventional production numbers, it's hard to imagine any way Hunky Dory could get much better.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 21, 2013
Don't expect more than a passing summer breeze.
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60
Mar 8, 2013
Marc Evans's Hunky Dory is sentimental, sweet-natured and daft as a brush.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 21, 2013
Director Marc Evans's monotonous style keeps the film earthbound.
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50
Mar 8, 2013
As emblematic of the film’s general indifference as anything is Driver’s central, perfectly fine performance.
By William Goss FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 15, 2013
The picture draws only slight entertainment value from the spectacle of youngsters warbling 1970s pop tunes, like a retro version of “High School Musical” with less charm.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 21, 2013
Laurence Coriat's shapeless script...pads its overlong running time with standard teen trauma — band squabbles, girl betrayals, skinhead brothers — that saps the audience's energy before the grand finale.
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Production Company Film Agency for Wales, Wales Creative IP Fund, Eyepatch, Panaramic, Aegis Film Fund, Piccadilly Pictures, Atlantic Swiss Productions, Lipsync Productions, Greene Light Films, Middlemarch Partners, Brecon Media, Big Pond/Big Bad Wolf, Hindsight Media, Mulligan and Nesbitt Productions
Release Date Mar 22, 2013
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/HunkyDoryMovie
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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