This film is a series of interconnected situations regarding relationships, all based in the same family. Davy and Ally come back from combat, to seemingly the delight of everyone. Ally looks to rekindle his relationship with Liz, who is Davy's sister. Davy meets Liz's best friend Yvonne and they begin a relationship. Liz and Davy's parents Rab and Jean appear very happy about this. There, however, are secrets and actions that threaten to undermine all of the relationships. When the film is set to songs by the Scottish group The Proclaimers (American audiences will know them from their big hit 500 Miles (I'm Gonna Be),sung by the characters and others joining in, the movie is wonderful, it is vibrant and fun, along with sad and even heartbreaking. When the stories are told without music the movie falters, since it becomes almost like a soap opera. However, look past those moments and bask in the great city of Edinburgh and sing along if you can. Its those moments that make this film really worthwhile.

Well, Les Mis was awful and garnered box office and awards, while Mamma Mia made a fortune had great songs by Abba but was poorly played and a bore, whereas Sunshine on Leith - based on songs by The Proclaimers - is an absolute triumph all round, but will probably only be seen by a tiny proportion of the audience those two overblown movies above generated. Ah well, the movie business! Shame on you! The feel good is great here, even though it is tempered by a real insight into Scots and scottishness - soldiers and emigration being well to the fore. The acting is joyous and heartfelt, while the singing is brash and thoughtful at the same time - why Tom Hooper made such a fuss of singing live in Les Mis when clarity and quality such as here are on offer - and it is better too! The numbers gel remarkably well with the story and break free from the singalong antics of tenth rate crooning Meryl et al gave us. The direction is chipper and well thought out, while the £500k lobbed out for a re-shoot of the final number ( '500 miles') is well worth it as Edinburgh comes alive to celebrate a very good movie. See it!

Well Mamma Mia was Abba songs put to music mixed in with a storyline set in a romantic Greek island.

Sunshine on Leith is songs by The Proclaimers with a story involving two squaddies who have served in Afghanistan. One of their mates has been injured in a roadside bombing and they have left the army and returned to their family and an uncertain future or more accurately a job in a call centre.

I thought at first if there would be enough catchy songs here given that like most people in Britain over the age of 40 we would only be familiar with two of the songs by The Proclaimers that were hits back in 1986.

However this low budget musical acquits itself well. It is rather cheesy, many of the songs are good enough which rather suggests that The Proclaimers deserve to be better known for their other songs.

The actors even Peter Mullan put in a lot of gusto in the song and dance numbers, although I think Jane Horrocks looked too young to be his wife.

It is a slight story involving tangled romances and ghosts of the past. I did think the bittersweet romantic story of the two soldiers did not really work for me. I liked the rousing finishing song and dance number and although there are some nice scenes set in Edinburgh, I would had to have seen more of Leith itself.