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The Sapphires


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Film Fracture
An Uplifting And Fun-Filled Musical Arrives With 'The Sapphires.'
Variety
Soul music's alleged redemptive powers are fully at work in this jumbled, sketchily written but vastly appealing true-life m...
Wall Street Journal
Though the production is unpolished, the music is great and Chris O'Dowd is delightfully droll as the group's boozy manager.
Entertainment Weekly
An irresistible if unpolished feature debut from Aussie director Wayne Blair.
Rolling Stone
You could call it an Aussie Dreamgirls. I'd call it a blast of joy and music that struts right into your heart.
USA Today
Despite some predictable facets, The Sapphires shines brightly.
The New York Times
A solid, stirring song sung with more sincerity than polish.
New York Post
For the most part Aussie director Wayne Blair's feature debut is snappy and fresh.
Village Voice
Why resist?
Chicago Tribune
The performers improve it, or save it, depending on your viewpoint.
Chicago Sun-Times
A very conventional story of a '60s Australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this fact-based ...
The Boston Globe
The Sapphires illustrates how the same old story - in this case, the one about a 1960s girl group and its struggles - can be...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Let's trivialize a legacy of cruelty and denigration, in a country where indigenous people suffered from centuries of human ...
Total Film
A feelgooder spiced by social conscience, this is one of those underdog productions with potential to punch well above its w...
The Guardian
Wayne Blair's feelgood movie about a 1960s Aboriginal girl group is very likable, if lacking in a bit of sexual chemistry
Film School Rejects
A fully realized and layered story that delivers both humor and compassion, fantastic music that truly takes you back to tha...
Hollywood Reporter
Aboriginal sisters are doin’ it for themselves in this music-filled sparkler from Australia.
Film School Rejects
Chris O’Dowd offers a hilarious and hugely charming performance; the soul-biased soundtrack is great.

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Partial Film Information

Director: Wayne Blair
Writer: Tony Briggs
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy

Release: August 9, 2012
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