Greatest Days (film)

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Greatest Days
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Film poster
Directed by Coky Giedroyc
Written by Tim Firth
Produced by
  • Danny Perkins
  • Kate Solomon
  • Jane Hooks
CinematographyMike Eley
Edited byMark Davies
Music byOli Julian
Nick Foster
Production
companies
  • Elysian Film Group
  • SPG3
Distributed byBron Releasing
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million [1]

Greatest Days is a 2023 British musical film based on the Take That jukebox musical of the same name (originally titled The Band), directed by Coky Giedroyc and written by Tim Firth. [2] The film was released on 16 June 2023. [3]

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Plot

Four friends, who have not seen each other for 25 years, reunite after one of them wins tickets to a reunion concert of their childhood favourite band.

Cast

Production

Producing the film are Danny Perkins, Kate Solomon and Jane Hooks. Executive producers include Take That themselves, Damian Jones of DJ Films, Tobias Gutzwiller of SPG3, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers who produced the original musical, and Joe Naftalin. [2]

In March 2022, it was announced Aisling Bea would star in the film alongside Alice Lowe, Amaka Okafor, Jayde Adams, Marc Wootton, Matthew McNulty, Lara McDonnell, Jessie Mae Alonzo, Nandi Sawyers-Hudson, Carragon Guest, and Eliza Dobson. Aaron Bryan, Dalvin Cory, Joshua Jung, Mark Samaras and Mervin Noronha would make up the film's fictional boy band. [2]

Principal photography took place in Clitheroe, Lancashire in April 2022 before moving to Athens. [4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 77% of 22 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. [5] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on eight critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Greatest Days". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Wiseman, Andreas (24 March 2022). "Take That Movie 'Greatest Days', Starring Aisling Bea, Sets Cast, Financiers, Distributors Ahead Of Shoot". Deadline. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Wild, Stephi (21 September 2022). "GREATEST DAYS - The Official Take That Musical Will Tour the UK in 2023". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "That's a wrap! Filming for new Take That film draws to a close in Lancashire town of Clitheroe". ITV. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Greatest Days". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Greatest Days". Metacritic . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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