Enjoyable, easy watching romp from Netflix.
Factual errors throughout should not spoil the main architecture of the screenplay.
Musical numbers are the highlight of this quasi-musical, the highlight been a track called 'Double Trouble,' which in it's own right could actually win the Eurovision Song Contest in it's own right. It really is such a poor 'music' contest as European TV audiences (and Australian?) especially UK audiences are all to comically aware.
The film follows the exploits of an Icelandic entry to the contest. A pair, Sigrit and Lars played by Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell.
We are spared the indignity of Pierce Brosnan repeating his Mamma Mia! 'singing.' In this film he is cast as the rather bitter Icelandic father of the main character Lars (Will Ferrell) despite the age similarity between himself and Ferrell.
In a year (so far) devoid of any good releases (indeed cinemas closed), Eurovision is a film that is a worthy crowd pleaser. Perhaps more so to the European television audiences.
The film has a sequence where past Eurovision contestants participate in a 'sing-off.' I only recognised Conchita Wurst, a past Austrian winner.
The film is not like a Rocky film. Without revealing the full screenplay the underdog does not win the contest but the film is better than a EBU (European Broadcast Union), who officially endorse the film and whose logo is seen broadcast throughout.
Spoiler alert! My favourite scene is where the contestants scarf (Sigrit, Rachel McAdams) becomes entangled in a sort of hamster wheel on stage!
Enjoyable!
Musical numbers are the highlight of this quasi-musical, the highlight been a track called 'Double Trouble,' which in it's own right could actually win the Eurovision Song Contest in it's own right. It really is such a poor 'music' contest as European TV audiences (and Australian?) especially UK audiences are all to comically aware.
The film follows the exploits of an Icelandic entry to the contest. A pair, Sigrit and Lars played by Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell.
We are spared the indignity of Pierce Brosnan repeating his Mamma Mia! 'singing.' In this film he is cast as the rather bitter Icelandic father of the main character Lars (Will Ferrell) despite the age similarity between himself and Ferrell.
In a year (so far) devoid of any good releases (indeed cinemas closed), Eurovision is a film that is a worthy crowd pleaser. Perhaps more so to the European television audiences.
The film has a sequence where past Eurovision contestants participate in a 'sing-off.' I only recognised Conchita Wurst, a past Austrian winner.
The film is not like a Rocky film. Without revealing the full screenplay the underdog does not win the contest but the film is better than a EBU (European Broadcast Union), who officially endorse the film and whose logo is seen broadcast throughout.
Spoiler alert! My favourite scene is where the contestants scarf (Sigrit, Rachel McAdams) becomes entangled in a sort of hamster wheel on stage!
Enjoyable!