The Boat That Sank

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 2009)

For a movie about rock'n'roll this one's a much too sappy affair. But no need to be surprised since writer-director Richard Curtis' previous effort was the even sappier "Love Actually".
And the weak spots are more or less the same: an overlong, sketchy and paper-thin narrative with lots of fake uplift and superficial emotions, cardboard characters and little sense of plot development, up to a terribly overblown finale.
That's a shame because the premise is solid, the wonderful actors enliven their likable parts, the sixties flavour is intact and the tunes are great.
But the pic's silliness and predictability are serious drawbacks, despite some laughs here and there.
5 out of 10 pirate radios