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5/07/2021

Fisherman's Friends (2020)

Four friends from the music industry go to Cornwall for a stag-do. While there, they come across a group of fishermen singing shanties for the locals and, as a joke, they trick one of their group into trying to sign the fishermen to the label. Well, joke's on the asshole friends, because he signs them, falls in love with one of the guys' daughters, and finds a new life by the sea with the now successful group.

Though this is based on a true story, the cynical record exec is an invention and, easily, the worst bit of the movie. He's just not enough of anything (passionate, good-looking, or even evil) to matter. The music, however, is truly great.

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