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Sunny Dancer

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Hanging out with mates, partying hard, losing your virginity.... That's how most teenage girls spend their last summer before turning 18. But not Ivy. Her lovingly overbearing parents have other plans: four weeks at Children Run Free Camp, a camp for young adults affected by cancer. A quick Google search confirms her fears with a shitty promo trailer -- sunsets, crossfades, everything iMovie can vomit up. As if beating cancer wasn't enough, now she has to go to summer camp. But 'Chemo camp' turns out to be more inspiring than expected. She meets like-minded misfits who just want to 'fuck shit up' and live life to the fullest -- snorting prescription drugs, downing vodka, skinny dipping... and maybe even falling in love. Sunny Dancer is a coming-of-age comedy-romance celebrating love, friendship, and challenging adversity: feeling most alive whilst the world has other plans.

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George Jaques

Director

Bella Ramsey

Ivy

James Norton

Bob

Neil Patrick Harris

Patrick

Jessica Gunning

Karen

Conrad Khan

Archie

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Christian Zilko IndieWire Feb 19
B-
Sunny Dancer might work better as a concept on paper than a movie onscreen. But there’s still no denying that, just like Patrick, Jaques has made a bleak subgenre of cinema a little bit sunnier. Go to Full Review Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter Feb 17
The easily spotted interludes where the young cast, all of them fast-ascending talents, were allowed to let rip, cut loose and improvise their pretty little hearts out cut the sweetness and create needed teenage texture. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Feb 14
3/5
Despite or even because of its generic debts, the film has buoyancy and sunshine. Go to Full Review Alistair Harkness Scotsman 3h
3/5
...the film serves up a barrage of spiky lines that can feel a little try-hard in such a conventionally shot film. But once it settles into its own rhythm, they also help it avoid some of the more mawkish traps a subject like this can throw up. Go to Full Review Calum Cooper In Their Own League 8h
4/5
In tackling its chosen subject matter with a sense of humour, "Sunny Dancer" combines witty writing, joyous performances, and a bright colour palette to celebrate friendship and fortitude. Go to Full Review Jamie Dunn The Skinny 1d
2/5
While Jaques avoids some cancer film clichés, he lays on others pretty thick. One kid’s death is foreshadowed with all the subtlety of a bloody hanky in a historical drama. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Hanging out with mates, partying hard, losing your virginity.... That's how most teenage girls spend their last summer before turning 18. But not Ivy. Her lovingly overbearing parents have other plans: four weeks at Children Run Free Camp, a camp for young adults affected by cancer. A quick Google search confirms her fears with a shitty promo trailer -- sunsets, crossfades, everything iMovie can vomit up. As if beating cancer wasn't enough, now she has to go to summer camp. But 'Chemo camp' turns out to be more inspiring than expected. She meets like-minded misfits who just want to 'fuck shit up' and live life to the fullest -- snorting prescription drugs, downing vodka, skinny dipping... and maybe even falling in love. Sunny Dancer is a coming-of-age comedy-romance celebrating love, friendship, and challenging adversity: feeling most alive whilst the world has other plans.
Director
George Jaques
Producer
George Jaques, Ken Petrie
Screenwriter
George Jaques
Distributor
Quiver Distribution
Production Co
Athenaeum Productions
Genre
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 18, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 46m
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