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Movie Info

Elspeth, a stressed-out mother of twin boys, is bored and lonely in the countryside. She uses a webcam to record herself singing and becomes an instant sensation.

Genre:

musical, comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Mark Lamprell
Producer:

Andrena Finlay, Richard Keddie, Ella Keddie
Writer:

Mark Lamprell, Joanna Weinberg
Runtime:

1h 44m

Cast & Crew

Laura Michelle Kelly
Elspeth Dickens

Ronan Keating
James Dickens

Magda Szubanski
Cassandra Wolfe

Dustin Clare
Rory

Hugo Johnstone-Burt
Ralph

Pia Miranda
Sophie

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Critic Reviews for Goddess

All Critics (23) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (15)

[A] cheerful but cheesy Australia-set musical comedy.

July 7, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
Grinningly naff but nonetheless goodhearted ...

July 6, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Mark Kermode
Observer (UK)
Keating's film career has barely started. Alas, it may already have jumped the shark.

July 4, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Charlotte O'Sullivan
London Evening Standard
A film with the weirdly bland over-eagerness of a copy of Take a Break, based on a one-woman show called Sink Songs by cabaret performer Joanna Weinberg.

July 3, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
This silly, but strangely adorable battle of the sexes musical boasts Ronan Keating in a starring role.

July 3, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Sophie Monks Kaufman
Little White Lies
Goddess has so much plucky good-heartedness you want to give it a medal.

July 3, 2014 | Full Review…

Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
The music is catchy enough, but hampered by the lip-sync problems that persist throughout the dance sequences feel flat and uninventive.

March 26, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Scott Davis
CineVue
Sadly, this Goddess falls a long way short of divine.

July 10, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Neil Smith
Total Film
Simplistic and sometimes painfully goofy, this Australian musical comedy only holds the attention by occasionally touching on some real relational issues.

July 7, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Contactmusic.com
It must be the season for naff musicals.

July 3, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Allan Hunter
Daily Express (UK)
The story seems simple enough, but somehow it can't decide which conflict it wants to hit, and as a result, none of them seem to matter.

July 3, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Sky Staff
Sky Cinema
A little underwhelming, to say the least.

July 2, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Stefan Pape
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