The Boat of Feeling Good!!

Rating: Null/10 (30 January 2012)

"The Boat That Rocked" is one of the best feel-good films I have seen in a long time.
The cast is a tight knit group that supports each other superbly. However, Bill Nighy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost and Rhys Ifans are the pillars in the film as their characters are larger than life. It doesn't mean that the rest of the cast is unimportant, far from it. You get to love each character for what they are.
Like "The School Of Rock" and "Almost Famous" the music plays a character as well. It drives the movie forward and supports the emotions of the cast. The scene with a heart broken Simon (Chris O'Dowd) always brings a lump to my throat.
It's not a big story but it's such a good one that just makes my day every time I watch it. Like "The School Of Rock" it's a movie I can watch no matter when...be warned though...when you've seen it you want to listen to this music for the next many hours. For me it has meant a lot of sleepless nights, but they've been spent in good company.