Mrs W and I were at Nottingham Broadway's bijou screen 4, to hear the guys speak about their movie.
For the previous 110 minutes, we had been transported back to the glorious summer of 1976.
In my case, I recall not only the scorching temperature but specifically the holiday in which me and my best mate Dave (The Inbetweeners' Tamla Kari's dad!) discovered girls.
We were 13 and on holiday with my mum and dad in Weston-super-Mare. On the front was the lido. It was a place I will never forget, just as I can remember the names of Joanna, Karen and Paula - the girls who splashed us on the first day of our hols and who grabbed our hearts for two weeks.
Inevitably, a lido plays a role in Hunky Dory but the vast majority of the movie is centred on a school hall and, in particular, the end-of-term musical, which is based on Shakespeare's Tempest but with a 70s musical twist.
Minnie Driver is wonderfully cast (although, she was apparently second choice to Catherine Zeta Jones) as the liberal drama/music teacher Vivienne May whose ambition is to allow her students freedom of expression which she hopes will turn into great stage performances.
To say things don't always flow the way she hopes, is an understatement.
Sparks fly among her male and female leads, Davy (Aneurin Barnard) and Stella (Danielle Branch). Meanwhile, another key performer (Darren Evans) struggles to hold his fearsome temper in check and yet another (Tomos Harries) is questioning his sexuality.
Aside of that, Miss May has little support among the traditionalist staff but, nevertheless, ploughs on with some wonderful results.
Hunky Dory's music was all recorded 'as live' with the child actors playing their own instruments as well as singing some classic tunes by the likes of David Bowie and ELO (a soundtrack has already been released). Some of the singing, particularly by Barnard, is top drawer.
While the musical is the central force of the movie, it is as much about what it was like to be at school (as teacher or pupil) in the mid-1970s.
In the minds of Mrs W and myself, the movie has it nailed down to the girls' long white socks and the icy Tip Tops.
Following its appearance at the British Film Festival, Hunky Dory was criticised for the lack of depth of its characters.
But its skim treatment of each of its scenes is the secret of its success. Put simply, kids aren't that deep. At least, we certainly weren't in the 70s.
One minute we would be all introspective and think our world was caving in, yet literally the next, we would be out enjoying the sunshine, having a laugh with our mates.
Thus, Hunky Dory works. And while, even in the honest view of the producer and director, it isn't perfect, it is certainly worth a view for the warm glow it will create.
Laughs: three good ones but at least six chortles.
Jumps: none
Vomit: one scene (they certainly didn't have vomit in films in the 70s).
Nudity: none
Overall rating: Mrs W and I agreed on 7.5/10
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