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Bank of Dave Reviews
More unsubtly crowd-pleasing, Burnley-based ebullience, which gets by on its unimpeachably virtuous message — and a gloriously garrulous performance from the always-reliable Rory Kinnear.
None of this is terribly surprising dramatically, but Bank of Dave sucks you in.
Had Dave lived in the jungle, he would have been the village doctor. The story of how the real-life Dave Fishwick of Burnley, England started his own bank to help his struggling friends is a warm, fuzzy reminder that humans are capable of goodness.
Some will gravitate to the warmth of a movie like this but Bank of Dave is painfully cheesy and not worth enough to make a withdrawal.
It takes great liberties with the factual backstory... [But] I'm glad they embellished it. It makes for a much more enjoyable film.
The most charming and delightful movie of the week. I was really happy to have something brighten my day.
The true story behind Bank of Dave is somewhat embellished here -- adding a dramatic court case and even a Def Leppard concert -- but the good intentions and strong heart remain front and center.
Fry is natural, Dynevor is charming, and Kinnear is positively heroic in making everything sound like something a person would normally say.
Everyone loves a good underdog story, and Bank of Dave fits that mold, despite needing to be tighter.
This one is purely out to charm, and it does periodically, handed some lift by energetic performances and a buttery reminder of good people trying to do good things for one another.
While it rarely strays from predictable formula, this British crowd-pleaser compensates with endearing characters and abundant small-town charm.
A grown-up embodiment of Little Engine That Could story. Sweet encouraging stuff, and true-ish. And of all things, Def Leppard puts on a show.
Once certain questions are answered and a major battle is finished, though, Bank of Dave quickly runs out of narrative and thematic steam...
Even if the movie is about one small win, there’s a sedate pleasure in seeing it play out, especially knowing a version of it happened in real life.
The core story and activist message are moving, with warm and gentle performances from the ensemble.
A harmless and breezy, but contrived and sugar-coated underdog story
Based on the real-life story of Dave Fishwick.
Great little comedy drama in the vein of films like The Castle - worth a like if you are in the mood for something light with an important message.
A spirited and cheerful movie.
... A small and sweet British feel-good film of an unexpectedly triumphant underdog, in the vein of such likeable films as Brassed Off or The Full Monty or Billy Elliot, which puts it in fine company indeed.