Ready for another helping of fish and chaps? If you were entranced by Cornwall-set Brit com, Fisherman’s Friends (the true-ish story of a bunch of sea-plundering crooners who, in 2010, stormed the UK charts with their first shanties album), you’ll probably look with a kind eye on a sequel that revolves around the band’s attempts to cope with fame and the possibility of a gig at Glasto.
The mood is cheap, cheerful and eminently spoof-able. French and Saunders would have a field day with the bit where a beloved parent falls down a mine shaft. Yet first-time directors, Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft, who co-wrote this and the first film, know exactly what they’re doing. Their next project is a biopic of national treasure, Captain Tom Moore. By taking this tack with One and All, Leonard and Moorcroft are practically promising middle England that no boats will be rocked where the Captain’s concerned.
