The Boat that Rocked on and on and on and on

Rating: 4/10 (15 April 2009)

It would seem that comedic standards are sinking to new lows, I had a good vibe about this film as Richard Curtis has proved himself to be a witty and skilled writer, but this movie was not funny.
Of course it had a few moments but all the jokes were forced and blatant. This further annoyed me as it was not the actors (All whom had good talent but was poorly wasted) fault but the fault of a rushed and sloppy screenplay. An example of this was when Curtis tried to really pull the viewers heart strings but hadn't spent enough time developing the character or his situation.
And this leads to my main problem, The length. There were so many unnecessary reaction shots every time something happened and there were countless pointless scenes, so much else could've been done making a better flowing story, giving a background or (SPOILER) ..... letting us see what became of the 2 bad politicians.
The Best parts. It wasn't all a shipwreck (no pun intended) Phillip Seymour Hoffman was great as usual and Rhys Darby (The guy from Yes Man and F.O.T.C) proved to be a scene stealer and delivering the good lines and managed to hold his own with the A-List cast.
The Worst of the worst parts. Calling a character T-Wat. This is both not funny and also lazy writing by trying to milk cheap laughs. My other problem was the soundtrack I love the songs in the movie and that is my favorite decade of music (1965 - 1975) but people were using this as an excuse to give the movie 5-star ratings in our local paper, This really got to me as It was a good selection but it doesn't make up for all the other leaky holes on this film.(Pun intended)
If you've got a spare $13.50 by all means see it for cheap entertainment but if you are selective about what you see steer clear.