WALKING ON SUNSHINE (2014)

Eighties music junkie that I am, this film had my full attention.  Indeed, it seems like every six or seven minutes of Walking on Sunshine's 97-minute runtime, some character is breaking out into an '80s song - and though half of them turned out to be songs from that decade I didn't like anyway, what really lost me here was the horrible acting and a lack of story.  Like a low-budget Mamma Mia! set in a beautiful coastal town in Italy (the film's best feature), it's a weak story about Taylor, a British girl summoned back to Italy - to a town where she had a summer romance three years before, prior to heading off to university - to meet up with her sister Maddie, only to find Maddie about to marry an Italian she's only known for two months, who just happens to be (wait for it) - the same man Taylor dated three years before!  The acting is spotty, the cast way too camera-conscious throughout (even beyond the musical numbers), and the ending one you could predict five minutes into the film.  I wanted to like it!. (not rated)  D

WALKING ON SUNSHINE trailer