A feel-good British release is a guarantee for solid box office in this country.
With it being based on a true event with two strong British actor that can carry any film, this on paper sounds like a pretty safe watch for guaranteed entertainment.
The tone and overall look is as you would expect. It has that vintage British working class grit in its production design and the 'stiff upper lip' in our main protagonists.
The story is easy to follow, the vibe is feel-good and crowd-pleasing and has enough comedy to make it an enjoyable experience. But there is also enough emotional drama in there to give our heroes of the story a good amount of deserved sympathy.
As expected, our two leads played by Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren utilise their experience well in this and carry the story to make it shine. There's some solid support by Fionn Whitehead who you might remember from Dunkirk. It was also nice seeing Matthew Goode, who is another safe pair of hands for playing a minor role in similar British dramas like this.
There's no real issues I had with this film. It moves along nicely and it does everything you would expect from this type of story.
This is an enjoyably charming watch that the British crowds will easily eat up. Yes it doesn't break any new ground. But not every film needs to. It's ok to go to the cinema and check out something that is safe, harmless and makes you proud to be from this country. I can happily check at least one of these types of films out every year.
Rating: 7/10
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