Got all of the elements of a masterpiece until they took artistic license with history a little too far, and the ending was a complete over-the-top smack-down (except for the ending of the ending). I laughed my butt off through a lot of it and had more fun at a movie than I've had in a long time. I loved it's political incorrectness. J. Geils--Night is wild but I'm in control, Gotta brush your teeth with rock & roll. "And the walls come a-Tumblin down"--(shoulda used it during the credits).
Retrospective smugness around the swashbuckling rock-and-roll partisans who in the mid-Sixties were broadcasting their preferred music from the high seas in order to circumvent British bluenoses (represented one-dimensionally by Kenneth Branagh). The freedom fighters are as insufferable as the oppressors, making it difficult to take sides. Wall-to-wall golden oldies, with the notable omission of the Beatles.
This film is heart-warming, charming, quirky and all those other sadly overused words. But it also happens to be watch-on-your-own-and-laugh-out-loud funny, with an absolutely stunning cast and (naturally) one hell of a soundtrack. My one complaint is that, for a film about rock 'n' roll, the storyline is annoyingly conformist to a standard Hollywood feel-good movie, which oddly - despite the cast and being set off the coast of Britain - makes it feel quite American. A boatload of fun, though.
Somebody wanted to make their own Almost Famous. Please don't let their Rolling Stone Magazine-level rock & roll nostalgia-grabbing trick you into thinking there's any sort of substance here, it's a rip-off with a soundtrack that is on par with anybody's local oldies\classic rock station's daily output.
Not the best movie you'll ever see, not the cleverest story, but it has great music and it's filled with a "feel good" atmosphere. It definitely made me feel good after watching it.
It would have been an even 60 but it showed the cover of Nirvana's Child Porn Album, and I'm a real stickler about those things. It was not nearly as good as it's trailer but it was great none the less.
teenagers' dream. the funny thing is, at the most dramatic moment, Elgar's Nimrod used in the movie (and the other one has A Whiter Shade of Pale -inspired by Bach). it could be better with "chicken race" and "titanic" sequences but in this case it's just little, saucy popcorn movie. great finale for poor movie. different parts. rocky freeze frame ending. Rhys Ifans played Tom Petty.
I have one complaint with this film, it felt a bit like a TV show had been cut up in to a movie. But that's not really a complaint, it's me wanting a heck of a lot more time with the characters. Farcical comedy as the bad guys are pantomime style, but all round brilliant from the music to the performances. Hats off to the real pirates that blazed the way, would LOVE to have done something like this myself
A great lesson in characterization. Everyone is unique in their own way, and no one is lost in the shuffle. Well, except for the ship mechanics. Doesn't anyone care if those poor blokes survived?
Excellent. I wasn't expecting much to be honest but this movie really did rock. The ensemble cast works great, the soundtrack couldn't possibly be better, the movie keeps you smiling till the end, and the end beats the Titanic hands down. Very highly recommended.
This labored comedy takes a fascinating period in music history and turns it into the typical Hollywood conflict between holy anti-establishment rebels versus evil fascist government tight-asses. Concludes with perhaps the most overblown feelgood ending ever committed to film.
pretty decent movie, really not that funny, but it'd got a story and some good acting. people say it's better than it really is, but it's not a waste of time by any means.
It's a lot better than most of Curtis's films, partly because it -- almost completely, anyway -- manages to avoid the 'awkward Englishman' trait on which he's built his screenwriting career. Instead, we get a genuine love letter to music that has enough enthusiasm to draw anyone in. It's overlong, and the characterisation is often incredibly simplistic, but it's an enjoyable time that's hard to dislike.
A harmless fun time. It's got plenty of cheesiness and seems to be at least a quarter montage, but it's got some charm and laughs and a purely awesome soundtrack.
A fun time. The cast is great (except for Carl...annoying!) and the soundtrack is pretty solid too. The chicken scene was gold. Philip Seymour Hoffman: "why am i so fat?" This was a solid movie just a disappointing followup to Love Actually which I thought was quite good.
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