Light, Frivolous, Fun

Rating: 6/10 (29 October 2010)

I thought this was going to be more of a "schock jock" kind of movie - more like Private Parts. I did not know there were pirate radio boats/stations outside of England in the mid 1960's.
If you try to approach this movie as real history or a realistic approach to pirate radio boats, you'll be disappointed. This movie will also not knock you out with startling new emotions. It can be predictable or clichéd, it has been done before - the heck with authority, we love sex, drugs rock and roll, youth and rebellion against the establishment. But I did find humor, and it is fun to side with the rebellious quasi hippie types that are on the boat blasting R&R.
I enjoyed the movie. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is at his best playing an oddball, cast off from society. Think of this as a pop corn movie, a feel-good experience. It's loosely based on truth, so you can root for the "good guys" and be pleased with the outcome.