Fisherman's Friends

"Moviemakers don't have much time for lives that can't be neatly divided into three acts and reality rarely obliges. In this case, however, truth really is stranger than fiction for the basic facts of the story are harder to believe than the made-up bits."

"Like the "fishermen" becoming a real catch in a world of manufactured pop, Friends will be a welcome throwback to those who yearn for the British comedies of decades past."

"A jaded formula and hoary clichés slowly strangle the goodness out of this sweet and cuddly true-life tale of Cornish fishermen turned chart-topping pop stars."

"It's a tale that lends itself more naturally to an item on breakfast TV than an entire feature film."

"This gentle, sweet-natured comedy has warmth and a certain X factor of likability, helped by big-hearted performances from a cast including Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton."

"Wearisomely predictable and parochial in its outlook."

"Fisherman's Friends is a formulaic but thoroughly amiable and upbeat British comedy with a flavour of Ealing Studios and The Full Monty about it."