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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

Critics Reviews

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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 Jack Martin Film Feeder 19h
3.5/5
Sunny Dancer works pretty well as an endearing hang-out movie where cancer is far from the first thing on your or the characters’ minds, which in turn allows their undeniable spirit to shine in ways that make it so much fun to just spend time with them. Go to Full Review Brian Viner Daily Mail (UK) 1d
4/5
A funny, bold, irreverent, moving film. Go to Full Review Markie Robson-Scott The Arts Desk 1d
3/5
There’s something rather contrived about [George Jacques's] project though the cast is impressive and the film is well meaning and sometimes uplifting. 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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