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  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary Military Wives centers on a group of women from different backgrounds whose partners are away serving in Afghanistan. Faced with their loved ones’ absences, they come together to form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments, and quickly find themselves on an international stag...

Directed By: Peter Cattaneo

Written By: Rachel Tunnard, Rosanne Flynn

  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Bleecker Street Media
  • 1 h 52 m

Military Wives

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Summary Military Wives centers on a group of women from different backgrounds whose partners are away serving in Afghanistan. Faced with their loved ones’ absences, they come together to form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments, and quickly find themselves on an international stag...

Directed By: Peter Cattaneo

Written By: Rachel Tunnard, Rosanne Flynn

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
55
23% Positive
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77% Mixed
17 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
55
23% Positive
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77% Mixed
17 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Mar 3, 2020
In a classic Brit-com flanking manoeuvre, the film tries to simultaneously reduce the viewer to tears while inviting us to bask in the fuzzy glow of our friends and neighbours’s innate decency. Luckily it succeeds, thanks in no small part to the commitment shown by Horgan and Scott Thomas.
By Ed Power FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 13, 2019
Eminently entertaining ... Sure, it shamelessly panders to our collective sense of duty to support the troops — and, of course, also support the families that support the troops — and maybe it's more than a little manipulative and formulaic. But gosh darn it, it's hard not to warm to a film that features an a cappella version of Yazoo's "Only You," a near-derelict car that may or may not be called Shite Rider and Kristin Scott Thomas having a verbal catfight in a parking lot.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 6, 2020
The third act is bogged down with details of Kate’s backstory, and what should be a euphoric and cathartic finale is underwhelming.
By Sophie Monks Kaufman FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 13, 2019
We’re in safe, formulaic territory here, think Calendar Girls with less nudity and more harmonising, and it’s the film’s strict adherence to the rules of the subgenre that proves to be both a blessing and a curse. It works for the most part because, when done well, there’s something irresistible about the formula ... But there are also times when Military Wives starts to creak.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW
50
May 22, 2020
Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan do their best to elevate Military Wives from a simple tune to a symphony, but the notes just aren’t there on the page.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW
50
May 19, 2020
Ultimately, this is a very predictable picture, made by the director of “The Full Monty,” Peter Cattaneo. Its formula inevitably rises up like a wave and submerges everything Thomas is trying to do. To extend the metaphor, she swims along and doesn’t drown. But unless you love this kind of movie, Military Wives will be, at best, a pleasant diversion and, at worst, a not-so-bad waste of time.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 5, 2020
Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan saddled with a by-the-numbers script in a well-meaning but hackneyed Brit flick.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ingenious Media, Embankment Films, 42, Tempo Productions, Koliko Films
Release Date May 22, 2020
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline United they sing.
Website https://singasong-movie.jp/
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Awards

Heartland Film
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination

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