Don't overlook this movie

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2011)

I loved this movie. Evidently IMDb subscribers feel the same way and highly rate this movie compared to many other critics' sites.
If you struggle somewhat with British accents and tend to miss some of the dialogue or if you have no knowledge whatsoever of British recent history, slang or culture, this will skew the evaluation process. I tend to think this is the main reason for the significantly lower score of the other sites.
If you are a fan of Rock and Roll and I mean Rock and Roll, 1966 through the end of the 60's then you will have a special place in your heart for this movie. Also if you like a witty movie, this hits the mark.
The movie was extremely well cast. I had not seen Kenneth Branagh in a comedy before; he played his part very well. I did not know Bill Nighy could be so funny. You may not recognize Emma Thompson in the role of young Carl's mother; she turned me on, what can I say. Rhys Ifans, now a familiar face even to American movie lovers played his part as the far out idolized DJ to a T. Finally if you are not yet a fan of Philip Seymour Hoffman this movie may help sway you and if you already are then you must have this movie in your collection.
You'll hear many many good oldies from the movie's soundtrack and the story is a telling of an important historical facts.