Date: Sunday 28th October
Film: The Sapphires (2012)
Director: Wayne Blair
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman and Jessica Mauboy
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rating 6.5/10
Up early on a Sunday morning for an advance screening of new film The Sapphires (thanks Show Film First). After waiting outside in the cold for a blooming long time, dreaming of my afternoon spent buying a coat that actually protects me from the ice cold temperatures of North London in October (who am I kidding, I try very hard to spend as little time outside as possible), we were finally let into what I consider to be one of the worst cinemas inside the M25, the Odeon, Holloway.
The Sapphires is an Australian film about a group of three Aboriginal sisters and their cousin who, in 1968, take their soul group to Vietnam to perform for US troops, with the help of their manager, Dave Lovelace (Chris O'Dowd).
Overly sentimental and predictable, on any other day I would probably found this film a little too cheesy for my tastes, I did find myself cringing at some points, however there is some comedy there and Chris O'Dowd more than saved the film through his charm and likeability.
This is one of those films you would watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon with your Grandma; an inoffensive, easy watch.
Challenge Day: 35
Challenge Time: 1 day 17 hours 50 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 23
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