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The Festival

The Festival

Comedy · Music · 2018

After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.

Movie details

The Festival

2018 Comedy · Music 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Iain Morris

Written by

Joe Parham · Keith Akushie

Joe Thomas

Joe Thomas

Nick

Hammed Animashaun

Hammed Animashaun

Shane Stubbs

Claudia O'Doherty

Claudia O'Doherty

Amy

Hannah Tointon

Hannah Tointon

Caitlin

Kurt Yaeger

Kurt Yaeger

Pirate

Hugh Coles

Hugh Coles

Rex

L

Lizzy Connolly

Lucy

Court is in session

Put The Festival on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.