Ultimately disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2010)

Pirate Radio is set during one of the most interesting times in music history. Rock music was banned yet grew into immense popularity. The political implications to music during this time period is just amazing, resulting in pirate radios off-shore, and the crossing of the pond for some of the most important bands in music history.
My problem with this movie is that they didn't really cover any of that. They started to, we did see some of the politics, but mostly this was just a fictional, coming-of-age story set to rock music.
A soundtrack of the popular music of the period is not enough to make this a good movie. Especially when they got the rights to the most interesting period of music politics, and they chose to focus on fictional characters. I was very disappointed because this movie had great potential.
If you are like me and are looking for a movie that delves deep into the political and historical implications of the popularity of rock music, then I recommend you don't see this movie. But if you're just looking for a fun, 60s rock movie with sex, drugs and rock n' roll and everything that implies, then this would probably be a pretty good movie for you.