{"id":119329,"date":"2013-04-08T05:53:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T12:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=119329"},"modified":"2013-04-07T21:55:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T04:55:26","slug":"hunky-dory-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2013\/04\/08\/hunky-dory-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunky Dory Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Title: Hunky Dory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director: Marc Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Danielle Branch, Robert Pugh, Haydn Gwynne, Aled Pugh, Kimberley Nixon, Tom Harries, Steve Speirs, George McKay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indie import &#8220;Hunky Dory,&#8221; starring Minnie Driver, may have been initially conceived before the hit small screen show &#8220;Glee,&#8221; but it suffers mightily in comparison to the pop cultural shadow of that series, playing like a mash-up of it and a decidedly retro version of &#8220;High School Musical,&#8221; as filtered through the gauzy lens of underclass-artistic-exuberance that&#8217;s plagued a certain subset of comedic-leaning British offerings ever since &#8220;Billy Elliot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Set in blue-collar South Wales in 1976, musical dramedy &#8220;Hunky Dory&#8221; (a nod to the title of David Bowie&#8217;s fourth album, as well as its adult protagonist&#8217;s default mindset) tells the story of an idealistic drama teacher, Vivienne Mae (Driver), who endeavors to fire up her apathetic students by staging a glam rock\/pop adaptation of William Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;The Tempest.&#8221; Stella (Danielle Branch) is cast as Miranda, which binds brooding Davey (Aneurin Barnard, of &#8220;Citadel&#8221;), who nurses an unrequited crush on her, to the role of Ferdinand. When an unsupportive administration, a couple of cast dropouts and a rolling series of other disasters threaten to derail the show, Vivienne tries to save her show by appealing to the vanity of the school&#8217;s headmaster (Robert Pugh), and casting him as Prospero. Accented wackiness, the frequent use of the word &#8220;wanker,&#8221; and all manner of pat teen drama ensues.<\/p>\n<p>Barnard is a suitably smoldering presence, but the typically charming Driver leaps awkwardly to and fro in a role that is problematically written. One moment she&#8217;s seeking out truant students and shaming them via bullhorn, like a brassy Erin Brockovich, but later she&#8217;s basically ignoring infighting and outright physical confrontations that are undermining her ability to control the class and impose some level of focus on her kids.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hunky Dory&#8221; builds to an undeniably poppy and somewhat cathartic finale, but Laurence Coriat&#8217;s screenplay is a superb example of mere dutiful execution, lacking much distinctive flourish in either character or dialogue. The movie drags on too long as well, needlessly investing in backstories that aren&#8217;t that interesting and don&#8217;t add that much to the main plot of the production of &#8220;The Tempest.&#8221; When director Marc Evans is able to concentrate on some of the actual inventive musical stagings, there&#8217;s often a rush of wind under the film&#8217;s wings. Alas, that&#8217;s not frequent enough to fully redeem matters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acting: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Story: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by: Brent Simon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hunky-Dory-Movie-Review.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hunky-Dory-Movie-Review.jpg\" alt=\"Hunky Dory Movie Review\" title=\"Hunky Dory Movie Review\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-120451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hunky-Dory-Movie-Review.jpg 3030w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hunky-Dory-Movie-Review-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hunky-Dory-Movie-Review-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3030px) 100vw, 3030px\" 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