The album went gold selling over 150,000 copies and in these days of streaming that is an impressive number. With that surprise success, media attention and a film based on their story was inevitable. The first film did well and now part two gets a release. The first version was a feel-good story and the second continues with that momentum.

The story that has been built around the facts feels very contrived but that does little to dull the joy. Who doesn’t love a good sea shanty and the singers tasked with recreating the actual voices used in the songs in the movie have excellent voices and they harmonise wonderfully.

This film is a crowd pleaser and peppering the final credits with actual footage of the real group playing the most unlikely of gigs helps sell the fantasy. If you grew up in the UK you will probably have a few of these earworms songs upstairs already. For the rest of us, they will easily sink into the grey matter.
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Fame is never plain sailing.

The sequel to the 2019 hit UK comedy charts the next instalment of the Fisherman’s Friends amazing and uplifting true story.

Following the unexpected success of their debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues” we re-join the world’s oldest ‘buoy band’ a year later struggling to navigate the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame.

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Following the unexpected success of their debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues” we re-join the world’s oldest ‘buoy band’ a year later struggling to navigate the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame. Fisherman’s Friends 2 follows the celebrated shanty singers through the highs and lows as lifelong friendships are put to the test, the community is struck by the ‘curse of the second album’ and ultimately the band realise their dream by performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury.

Fisherman’s Friends 2 is directed by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft and stars James Purefoy, Dave Johns, Sam Swainsbury, Maggie Steed, Jade Anouka, Richard Harrington, Joshua Mcguire, Ramon Tikaram, with David Hayman and Imelda May.

Fisherman’s Friends 2 is coming to Australian cinemas on February 23, 2023.
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