Military Wives. Image shows from L to R: Lisa (Sharon Horgan), Kate (Kristin Scott Thomas). Copyright: Lions Gate
Military Wives

Military Wives

  • 2020 film

Comedy drama inspired by the true story of a choir comprised of military personnel's wives. Stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Emma Lowndes, Gaby French, Lara Rossi and more.

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Director didn't want Military Wives to be too slick

When Gareth Malone created his Military Wives choir, the effects were to prove far more enduring and profound than the resulting flurry of fame.

Rebecca Thomas, BBC, 25th February 2020

Review: Military Wives delivers a soothing tune

If being called a 'feel good movie' would right away make you think of a thoughtless and syrupy offering aiming just to please, Military Wives would shatter that myth.

Diana Cheng, Ripple Effects, 14th September 2019

Military Wives: Toronto review

Resistance is futile.

Allan Hunter, Screen Daily, 11th September 2019

Military Wives review

The director of The Full Monty returns with another light British charmer, this one about women who sing Cyndi Lauper to cope with a war.

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10th September 2019

Review: Military Wives

Peter Cattaneo's dramatisation of a true story pleasantly hits familiar notes.

Elena Lazic, Cineuropa, 9th September 2019

Toronto film review: Military Wives

Though their husbands are on a dangerous six-month deployment, the women of this charmer about a camp choir find a reason to sing.

Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7th September 2019

Our review of Military Wives

Though the supporting players are thinly written, Scott Thomas and Horgan are delightful in their roles.

Courtney Small, In The Seats, 6th September 2019

TIFF review: Military Wives

Actors work hard to find real emotion in their cookie-cutter characters in predictable British dramedy.

Norman Wilner, Now Toronto, 6th September 2019

Military Wives: film review | TIFF 2019

Corny but infectiously catchy.

Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter, 6th September 2019

Military Wives review

The true story of the women who gained unlikely fame in 2011 has been turned into a pleasant, if patchy, film from the director of The Full Monty.

Bejamin Lee, The Guardian, 6th September 2019

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