Rock of Love Boat

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2010)

Funny, with some great comic moments by a terrific cast. Oddly, Phillip Seymour Hoffman is the one cast member that I was disappointed in - he might be anyone, really. Bill Nighy is dead funny, Kenneth Branagh straight out of a Monty Python sketch, and the ex-Mrs. Branagh - Emma Thompson - bedecked in period garb and sunshades to hide the fact she's better suited to the lead character's grandmother than his mum. Still, her razor sharp timing is priceless. The film is pitched at a high comic tone that isn't all that concerned with reality (despite the fact the story is based on real events) and the editing is choppy and the film over-long. Still - the cast looks like they are having a blast and - most of the time - so was I.