Rent The Choral (2025)
3.4 of 5 from 59 ratings
1h 48min
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- Synopsis:
- As WW1 rages on, the Choral Society in a small English town has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral's committee is determined to press ahead with new recruits. They engage a driven new chorus master, Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) - recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the community discovers that the best response to the war is to make music together.
- Actors:
- Taylor Uttley, Oliver Briscombe, Amara Okereke, Blake Bentham, Liz Simmons, Fiona Organ, Alun Armstrong, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, Roxanne Morgan, Ron Cook, Thomas Howes, Carolyn Pickles, Angela Curran, Emily Fairn, Reuben Bainbridge, Eunice Roberts, Tamzin Griffin, Alison Jones, Josephine Wells
- Directors:
- Nicholas Hytner
- Producers:
- Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader
- Writers:
- Alan Bennett, Stephen Beresford
- Aka:
- Sinfonia de Guerra
- Studio:
- Elevation Sales Ltd
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2026
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/03/2026
- Run Time:
- 113 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.00:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The Choral
Harmonies Over Hysteria - The Choral review by griggs
Some films feel like a warm cardigan you didn’t choose, but end up wearing anyway. This is one of those: tidy, polite, and faintly comforting, even when it hints at real conflict.
The Choral is a WWI-set period piece with an ensemble that’s consistently watchable. Ralph Fiennes, as the choirmaster, brings a pinched edge and a bit of bite, which helps stop the whole thing sliding into pure cosiness. The story flirts with moral tension—community spirit versus suspicion, art versus propriety—but it usually gets smoothed over just as it might dig in.
What keeps it moving is Alan Bennett’s dialogue: dry, neatly placed lines that spark and vanish. Still, for all the craft, it rarely wrong-foots you or lingers after the credits. Pleasant, competent, and already fading as you walk out.
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