I was nervous about this film going into it. Philip Seymour Hoffman does not do all that well in a leading role. Bill Nighy usually annoys me. I'm also not a big fan of British comedy...So this movie was probably a really good pitch, and probably went something like this:
"I want Hoffman, Nighy, etc in a movie about pirate radio stations in the North Sea in the 1960's"
Response: "Wow that sounds pretty good! Is it a comedy or a drama?"
"Shit, I don't know, how about we just see what happens?"
The movie is ridiculous, the plot development around Young Carl makes you think this will be like Almost Famous. Then we just to some awful DJ and their stupid stunts. Then we get dramatic when the boat starts to sink. In Winter. In the North Sea. Just as the boat is about to go underwater row boats, canoes, yachts, and steam boats all show up at the same time to save them. But wait, if the boat sinks they will die in the freezing water right? Well when the rescuers show up it is sunny out so the water is probably warm enough to just swim to your vessel of choice.
This movie was so incredibly awful that there are some pirate radio dj's rolling over in their graves... which are probably at the bottom of the north sea if there is any truth to this plot. How this was considered for an Oscar, ever, at any point, is beyond me. I can see why it was quickly forgotten, and it is only because of the music they played and the idea behind what they were doing that gave it the 2/10.
And don't get me started on the awful acting jobs of the villains.
Vote: 2/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/
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