The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked

This film is about a pirate rock radio station in British North Sea in the 1960’s.

The plot emphasises on the the character’s interpersonal dynamics, their passion for music and their strive to rebel. It is a well written and well told story. Character development is excellent, each of them have different charisma and charm. They engage me throughout to the point that I feel what the characters feel.

The soundtracks are amazing, with artists such as “The Kinks”, ” The Turtles”, “Procol Harum”, “Cat Stevens”, “The Hollies”, “The Who”, “David Bowie”, “Jimi Hendrix” and C”ream” it’d be almost impossible not to produce a top quality double-CD album.

The right music also seems to come on at all the right times complimenting the movie perfectly.

The Boat That Rocked sees Carl ( Tom Surridge ) go aboard Radio Rock- a pirate radio station owned by Quentin ( Bill Nighy ) whose DJ’s (Phillip Semour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Chris O’ Dowd, Rhys Darby, etc. ) broadcast 24-hour rock and roll music to the UK. They are adored by the populace but hated by the government, including the Minister of Communications ( Kenneth Branagh ) and his chief subordinate ( Jack Davenport ) who aim to shut them down.

The film is excellent, a perfect Saturday night flick.

You have to see it to believe it.