wonderful

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2011)

a wonderful movie.
my usual routine is to check a movie in news on IMDb and see the recommendations which crop up or If I happen to like some actor/actress go to his/her profile and scan past movies to find some less talked about gem and this is how I reached to this movie.
it stops of being a direct comedy and is not as rebellious as requiem for a dream but still manages to lift spirits.
Loosely based on FM radios which popularized rock music in UK , one can find canny similarities with all times and all places in different cultural milieu.
e.g. we had a minister who tried to bank smoking scenes in movie.
owner of the whole enterprise is one quirky character and so are various RJs.
especially the late late night RJ and the fellow who becomes friend to our hero.Hoffman is terrific as count and Nick Frost who tries hard to fix James up ends up sleeping with his girl....
movies does show human emotions at play between an estranged father /son and jealousy which Hoffman has towards new American celebrity.