Hunky Dory (2013)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 19
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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 6
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Relive the summer of 1976 in this heartwarming British musical from the producer of Billy Elliot. Minnie Driver plays Viv, a fiery 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 Tempest. But as the Welsh summer begins to heat up, can she compete with the typical teenage distractions of sex and drugs with some great rock and roll? Find
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Cast
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Minnie Driver
Vivienne Mae -
Aneurin Barnard
Davy -
Danielle Branch
Stella -
Robert Pugh
Headmaster -
Haydn Gwynne
Miss Valentine -
Adam Byard
Lewis -
Tom Harries
Evan -
George McKay
Jake -
Darren Evans
Kenny -
Kristian Gwilliam
Hoople -
Owen Teale
Davy's Dad -
Steven Spiers
Mr. Cafferty -
Kimberley Nixon
Vicki -
Kayleigh Bennett
Dena -
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Jodie Davis
Mandy -
David Garner
Mac -
Aled Pugh
Tim -
Sam Pulsford
Angus -
Kyle Lewis
Skin -
James Morgan
Skin -
Janice Watts
Davy's Nan -
Rhys Rusbatch
Swansea Bloke -
Lauren Bennet
Stella's Friend -
Hollie Blundell
Stella's Friend -
Clive Brill
Mr. Lee -
Julia Pérez
Sylvie -
Glyn Pritchard
Mr. Gill -
Rebecca Watkins
Mean Girl -
Jonny Vaughton
Mr. Swinton -
Di Botcher
Viv's Mum -
Alun Raglan
Rhys -
Connagh Howard
Marvin -
Ryan Hacker
Daz -
Lewis Coster
Davy's Friend -
Sam Shervill
Davy's Friend -
Roger Evans
Mr. Chisolm -
Becky Craven
Dawn -
Russel Gomer
Mr. Grayson
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All Critics (43) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (19)
Golden-hued, feel-good treacle, the sort that the U.K. has tried to export ever since Billy Elliot.
Top CriticThe golden-hued cinematography (a filming cliché that really needs to be retired) and the sometimes slack direction by Marc Evans are minuses ...
At various moments this endearing but sudsy movie, which spills all over the place, evokes "High School Musical," "Glee" and "Billy Elliot."
Hunky Dory flits along blithely from number to transporting musical number until it ends - with a sigh - and dodges any authentic engagement with its own ideas.
Enthusiasm carries the day in this paint-by-numbers period tale, which is just charming enough to coast on its own clichés.
Hunky Dory has some pleasant things in it, but unfortunately, the funereal pace makes a snail look like a jackrabbit.
A period piece spin on Glee, as filtered through the gauzy lens of underclass-artistic-exuberance that's plagued a subset of comedic-leaning British imports ever since Billy Elliot.
A lyrically and emotionally intense coming of age tale. Touching on a teacher's struggle against the educational establishment in a search for the liberating musical self-expression of her students.
Although not perfect, 'Hunky Dory' offers much to admire. For example, the film's glorious finale almost took my breath away.
Director Marc Evans and screenwriter Laurence Coriat fumble both the musical side of their movie and the coming-of-age side.
An appealing drama set in Wales in 1976 about a high school rock opera version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.
It's pleasant, forgettably feelgood and unabashedly hackneyed, doing everything you expect it to - nothing more, nothing less.
Dory has a spark that never catches fire, leaving the bulk of its personality up to Driver and her interesting take on the often strange moods of this coming-of-age musical drama.
There's at least one sub-plot too many, but audiences willing to suspend disbelief will be swept up as the greatest high school band in the history of music perform an impeccable selection of hits.
The earnest playing of the orchestra and the lo-fi warbling touch the heart in a way that a more polished production might not.
If Hunky is hellishly clunky, it's also good-hearted and well-intentioned with some laughs and decent tunes.
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