I was really rooting for this to be dope but it just wasn't. It came off as a young woman version of "Mamma Mia" without a lot of the charm.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 11, 2020

An idyllic seaside holiday, a bright-eyed ingenue, a cheery retro soundtrack - all incorporated into a big-hearted musical. Sounds familiar?

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 24, 2018

Frothy musical is a fun watch; some drinking, innuendo.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 11, 2015

The film's biggest crime, perhaps, is that it's ineffectual.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 8, 2015

A melodramatic love story propelled by a rousing batch of 80s pop hits.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 1, 2015

The laziness of the effort is remarkable to watch at times, even when its cast works diligently to put on a big show, making "Walking on Sunshine" amiable but frequently insufferable.

| Original Score: D | May 29, 2015

Sexy, not smutty, and resisting the temptation to be anything other than a family-friendly romp, Walking on Sunshine is such a feelgood pre-holiday tonic it should be available on the NHS.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2014

I am delighted to say that in the cheerily crass Walking on Sunshine we have a strong contender for the worst British movie of 2014.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 7, 2014

Hard to hate anything this self-consciously silly.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 6, 2014

You may find yourself tickled, providing your toes don't curl up so far that they actually stab you in the heart.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 29, 2014

The story and acting are about as subtle as a kiss me quick hat, but those in the right mood will find it irresistibly cheesy fun.

| Jun 29, 2014

Is to real feeling what sunny delight is to real orange juice.

| Jun 28, 2014

The film-makers (who also directed Streetdance) strike a frantic tempo but Walking on Sunshine is still often like treading through treacle.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 27, 2014

Arterton, blonde sister of Gemma, is pallid from every angle, while Scholey feels like a backing singer who, for some reason, has been booted centre stage.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 27, 2014

Walking on Sunshine is so bafflingly odd, so transcendently bizarre, at times I felt like I'd slipped into another plane of reality - one where the sun always shines, the '80s never end and everyone is a complete and utter d**k.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 27, 2014

It is all perfectly painless froth but there are moments that make your toes curl.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2014

It's as if the screenwriter and the directors looked at Mamma Mia! and thought: "Let's do that again, but make it horrible and bad and ill-considered."

| Jun 26, 2014

The overkill is almost compelling. Like a storm-follower you want to sit right in its eye. But be warned.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2014

It comes to life rarely.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 26, 2014

Six scenes end with someone falling hilariously into a swimming pool. I minded enough to keep a tally, but not enough to bear a grudge. It's that kind of film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 26, 2014