‘Drummer Boy’ Review: Love, Family and Revolution Conflict at Musket’s Point in a Swoony Period Musical

This latest collaboration between Angel Studios and Christian pop group For King + Country is a pleasant if simplistic take on the United States’ foundational struggle for independence.

By Dennis Harvey

Dennis Harvey

Film Critic

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Arriving a bit late to ride the fizzled momentum of the nation’s semiquincentennial, and a bit early for Christmas, patriotic musical “Drummer Boy” nonetheless should strike a chord with Christian audiences. It’s the first feature for several collaborators since 2024’s “Unsung Hero,” one of the bigger “faith-based entertainment” hits in recent years, though this tale set at the outset of the Revolutionary War is a considerably different enterprise. “Hamilton,” it’s not. Still, for those seeking a more sentimentally earnest take on early U.S. history with a more vanilla contemporary-pop sound, the latest release from Angel Studios provides a confident, mostly pleasing throwback to original screen musicals of yore.

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