a fantastic feel good movie

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2009)

this film is really funny and the flow and acting are brilliant too. i don't know if other people have made the same conclusion but this film really does remind me of the film Almost Famous but obviously set on a boat rather than a bus. this film is also centred around music, so is Almost Famous. it also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman who is also in........... yes you all thought it, Almost Famous. there are other things too like the period the film was set in wasn't that far from each other. so is this all just a coincidence or did Richard Curtis (director of this) watch almost famous then has an epiphany in which he thought he could make a film that's almost the same as almost famous and succeed........ well i think he really did succeed because even though this movie isn't all that original i think he has made an unoriginal story very original with the actors and just the flow of the film.
the film in a nutshell is about a pirate radio station that is situated on a ship in the British sea. the DJ's on this boat are brilliant and really keep this film alive. the government catch wind of this pirate radio station and through out the film they try to shut them down. meanwhile an 18 year old lad has been forced on to the boat by his mother for misbehaving at school and hopes this would teach him a lesson, how wrong was she. see this ship is the centre ground for drugs, sex and alcohol.
among the cast of this brilliant comedy are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Kenneth Brannagh and Rhys Ifans. they all do a remarkable job in this. its also quite a lengthy film which i love and will always have a space in my DVD collection............. 9.7/10..........j.d Seaton