Your enjoyment of the film will depend entirely on how forgiving you are of its lack of originality or subtlety.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2024

With its irresistible mix of feel-good vibes, infectious musical numbers, great rapport, and playful humor, “Fisherman’s Friends” makes the formulaic storytelling pretty easy to overlook.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

What makes this film a joy is the moody cinematography by Simon Tindall, so atmospheric you can almost taste the sea salt.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 12, 2022

If you decide to have the pleasure of watching the film, once you know about Fisherman's Friends and their incredible story, I bet you'll do the same thing I did: go on YouTube and watch as many of their music videos as possible.

| Aug 12, 2021

This British rom-com features a sweet story about community and an idyllic seaside town full of characters you can't help but love.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 1, 2021

Warmhearted, with something of a Hallmark vibe, Fisherman's Friends is not a pick for cynics, but that doesn't mean it has nothing of substance to say.

| Jan 29, 2021

Fisherman's Friends is formulaic, manipulative and any subtlety was cut adrift around the second draft but the story's feel-good underdog story mixed with messages of decency and loyalty make it as refreshing as a gust of sea air in cynical times.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 29, 2021

Ends up wasting the beauty of its natural environment. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 11, 2021

A charming film that contains absolutely no surprises but gets by on its exuberance.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Nov 27, 2020

When you're stuck at home during a pandemic, this little movie might be just the spirit lifter required.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 7, 2020

Not that original, but the ambience, the stories, the delightful old and young salts, kept a smile on my face from beginning to end.

| Oct 2, 2020

British comedy "Fisherman's Friends" is the kind of audience-pleaser Miramax Films and Fox Searchlight once released with regularity.

| Aug 15, 2020

Good story + good music = good time.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 27, 2020

[The band] deserves more.

| Original Score: C | Jul 26, 2020

If you're looking for a feel good, sweet romantic comedy that is based upon a true story, then look no further.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 24, 2020

[An] utterly delightful movie.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 24, 2020

You've been here and hit all of these beats before, but it's like an old warm blanket. It just feels so good.

| Jul 24, 2020

we have the lusty men of the sea sing their lusty shanties and the film and the story solidly becomes its own.

| Original Score: B | Jul 24, 2020

It's like a trip to gorgeous Port Isaac, in Cornwall, and the singing is exhilaratingly beautiful.

| Jul 24, 2020

The opening moments make you feel like you're sliding into a warm bath. It's worth remembering the bright spots of humanity at the moment, especially if they come with songs, sea and just the right amount of sentimentality.

| Jul 24, 2020