The Choral
2025 · Movie · R · 113 min · ★ 6.2 · 64% critics
During World War I, a British town’s choral society struggles to carry on after many men leave for the front. A new leader steps in, and rehearsals become a rallying point as the community faces suspicion, loss, and shifting social pressures, finding brief refuge and purpose in making music together.
Also known as La Chorale
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-11-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (35 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, music-led wartime drama with humor and heart, in the vein of Finding Your Feet or Sunshine on Leith; Not for you if you need high stakes or deep character focus.
Pros: uplifting choral music; warm ensemble moments; touching wartime backdrop | Cons: crowded subplots; shallow character development; predictable, low tension
Themes
- world war i
- choir
- yorkshire
- period drama
- frantic
- 1910s
- teenager
- choral
Cast & crew
Ralph Fiennes
as Dr. Henry Guthrie
Roger Allam
as Alderman Bernard Duxbury
Mark Addy
as Joe Fytton
Alun Armstrong
as Herbert Trickett
Simon Russell Beale
as Sir Edward Elgar
Robert Emms
as Robert Horner
Lyndsey Marshal
as Mrs. Bishop
Ron Cook
as Reverend Woodhead
Amara Okereke
as Mary Lockwood
Emily Fairn
as Bella Holmes
Directed by Nicholas Hytner