1 BOAT. 8 DJS. NO MORALS.

In 1966, teenager Carl (Tom Sturridge) is sent to a pirate radio ship in the North Sea to spend time with his godfather (Bill Nighy), the ship’s captain; the crew is a motley bunch of DJ’s. Director Richard Curtis’s first film since Love Actually (2003) is a celebration of an era that not only brought us great music and a sexual revolution, but also helped change a radio market at a time when it was heavily regulated. Very thin script, with predictable life lessons, but offset by lively performances by the crew. Kenneth Branagh has fun as an uptight government official, but the character is too much of a joke.

2009-Britain. 129 min. Color. Widescreen. Written and directed by Richard Curtis. Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Count), Bill Nighy (Quentin), Rhys Ifans (Gavin), Tom Sturridge (Carl), Kenneth Branagh, Nick Frost… Emma Thompson, January Jones, Gemma Arterton.

Trivia: Released in the U.S. as Pirate Radio, with a 111 min. running time.

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