Sunshine on Leith

"When it happens... there's nothing like it!"

2013 1h 40m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 139

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Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.

“When it happens... there's nothing like it!”

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Cast

George MacKay
Davy Henshaw
Kevin Guthrie
Ally
Paul Brannigan
Ronnie
Jane Horrocks
Jean Henshaw
Peter Mullan
Robert 'Rab' Henshaw
Freya Mavor
Liz Henshaw
Antonia Thomas
Yvonne
Jason Flemyng
Harry Harper

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dexter Fletcher
Writers: Stephen Greenhorn
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Released 13 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dexter Fletcher, shot by George Richmond. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Englishby. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stuart Gazzard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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George MacKay and Kevin Guthrie and Paul Brannigan carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "When it happens... there's nothing like it!".

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IMDB entry: tt2481198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Dexter Fletcher directs. George Richmond behind the camera. Paul Englishby scores. Stuart Gazzard cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 13 years ago.
2Directed by Dexter Fletcher, shot by George Richmond. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Paul Englishby. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Stuart Gazzard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5George MacKay and Kevin Guthrie and Paul Brannigan carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "When it happens... there's nothing like it!".
7IMDB entry: tt2481198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: George Richmond
Original score: Paul Englishby
Editing: Stuart Gazzard
Production design: Mike Gunn
Costume design: Anna Mary Scott Robbins
Makeup / hair: Zoey Stones
VFX supervisor: Stephane Naze
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $8,800,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Sunshine on Leith (2013)

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Reno2015-05-26
★ 6/10
Nowadays the musicals are just a headache. When I see a movie like this, I feel those are the time long gone, and its a sci-fi world. Day by day dreaming to get the movies like 'Dancer in the Dark' and 'The Phantom of the Opera' is fading away. This film could have made a good impression if it was a regular drama-romance, maybe. Good performances and nice music tracks did not influence to lift the entertainment value, at least not to me. It was based on the musical stage play of the same name. Did well in the English box office, but not that good in the outside. About two young army men return to the home after the service in Afghanistan and try to blend back in where they have left. Trouble in relationship and family issues, followed by going after the dream job across the sea, all come into play, solving all these puzzle brings the end to the movie. Despite a result as I expected, still somehow I felt the movie was not bad at all. That is maybe because of the film's setting that takes place in the backdrop of the capital of Scotland and style of cool presentation with a moderate pace. The rest was good show by the all lead casts probably had a lift up a bit. Like I said it was about usual episodes that occur in a group of known to each other, but belong to different families and dreaming different future. So how the differing thoughts in mind repels and unites them all was told reasonably well. 6/10

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