Jacey Bedford's Journal

This could almost be Fisherman's Friends meets Brassed Off with added uniforms. A bunch of military wives form a ragtag choir for mutual support while their husbands/wives/partners are away in Afghanistan. There are the usual personality clashes, sad interlude, shameless tear-jerking, abject failure and ultimate triumph. It's a sweet movie with a few nice songs, but will probably slip easily from memory within a few days.

If I'm honest I've never been a great fan of Kristin Scott Thomas. She seems to specialise in playing stiff, brittle, unlikeable women, and Kate in this movie was largely unlikeable, though you did see the contributing factors

I'm left with one lingering question... I want to know how the choir leader manages to give the ladies a new song to learn ON THE WAY to the big gig, and have them all be word perfect without so much as a rehearsal. Oh yeah, that's a neat trick if you can do it..