Based on the Take That musical, five best friends have the night of their lives seeing their favourite boy band in concert. Twenty-five years later, their lives have changed in many different ways as they reunite for one more epic show by their beloved band, to relight their friendship and discover that maybe their greatest days are ahead of them.
Aisling Bea
Rachel
Jayde Adams
Claire
Alice Lowe
Heather
Amaka Okafor
Zoe
Matthew McNulty
Passport Checker Stuart
Lara McDonnell
Young Rachel
Emma Amos
Claire’s Mum
Ziggy Heath
Mark
Marc Wootton
Jeff
Alfredo Tavares
Security Staff
Frances Barry
Child Rachel
Jessie Mae Alonzo
Debbie
Nicolas Politis
Police Officer
Matthew Koon
Dancer
Ermar Alexander
Debbie's Dad
Nandi Sawyers-Hudson
Young Zoe
Carragon Guest
Young Claire
Jack Rolf
Security Guy Pete
Eliza Dobson
Young Heather
Adrian Hood
Irate Motorist Vic
Emmet Byrne
Ryan
George Cobell
Young Ryan
Barry O'Connor
Rachel’s Dad
Mervin Noronha
Mervin
Gary Barlow
Train Busker
Mark Owen
Train Busker
Howard Donald
Train Busker
Aaron Bryan
Aaron
Joshua Jung
Joshua
Mark Samaras
Mark
Dalvin Cory
Dalvin
Hannah James-Scott
Rachel’s Mum
Lindsay Bennett-Thompson
Heather’s Mum
Tom Rasmussen
Bus Driver Ken / Crystal
Philip Gascoyne
Passerby
Joanne James
Passerby (uncredited)
Director
Coky Giedroyc
Writer
Tim Firth
July 19, 2023
6
I didn't especially like the truly sterile stage musical and sadly I can't really exude about this either. It all centres around four ladies who win a competition to go and see a Take That reunion concert. The girls have become estranged over the years, but this prize offers them a chance to reunite. Initially it all goes fine - each has gone on to varying degrees of success and happiness in adult life - but after a few largely predictable escapades the fault lines soon start to appear and the inevitable tragedy from their past rears it's ugly head to contextualise their drifting apart and their present, somewhat strained, relationship. The songs themselves were never my favourite either - I always found Gary Barlow's voice to be a bit nasal and toneless - and here they are performed to some extremely precise (and not very natural) choreography by five lads who resemble the original band not a jot. Die hard fans will probably love this, and it does remind you of just how many hits this band had in their relatively short career - but for me, this film was all just a bit too formulaic with an ending that reminded me of the far superior ensemble effort that was Leslie Bricusse's "Scrooge" (1970).