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The Boat That Rocked
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Special Features

 

  • Watch our exclusive cast interview below and keep watching for the trailer:
  • 11 deleted scenes
  • Commentary with Richard Curtis, producer Hilary Bevan Jones, and actors Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd

Review

 

Richard Curtis ("Love, Actually") delves into the world of 60's pirate radio in this coming-of-age comedy. Amidst a cast of crazies played by the likes of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy, disillusioned teen Carl is about to experience the rebellious spirit of rock 'n' roll, Radio Rock-style!

On air. Off shore. Out of control.

Recently expelled from school, Carl (Tom Sturridge) is sent by his mother to find some direction in life by visiting his godfather, Quentin (Bill Nighy, Underworld). However, Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock, a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea, populated by an eclectic crew of rock 'n' roll DJs.

They are led by The Count (Oscar Award-winning Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote) - big, brash, American, god of the airwaves, and totally in love with the music. He's faithfully backed up by his co-broadcasters Dave (Nick Frost, Hot Fuzz) - ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny; Simon (Chris O'Dowd, TV's The IT Crowd) - super-nice and searching for true love; Midnight Mark (Tom Wisdom) - enigmatic, handsome and man of few words; Wee Small Hours Bob - the late night DJ, whose hobbies are folk music and drugs; Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke) - possessor of the smallest intelligence known to mankind; On-The-Hour John (Will Adamsdale) - the newsreader; and Angus 'The Nut' Nutsford (Rhys Darby, of TV's The Flight Of The Conchords) - possibly the most annoying man in Britain.

Life on the North Sea is eventful. Simon finds the woman of his dreams and is married on the boat... only to be left by his bride the next day. Gavin (Rhys Ifans, Notting Hill) returns from his drug tour of America to his rightful position as the greatest DJ in Britain, clashing with The Count. Meanwhile, Carl discovers the opposite sex and who his real father is, whilst government minister Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh, Wallander) is out for the blood of these rebellious lawbreakers.

What results is a literal storm on the high seas. With Radio Rock in peril, it's devoted fans rally together and stage an epic Dunkirk-style hundred boat rescue to save their DJ heroes. Some things may come to an end, but rock 'n' roll never dies.

Customer Reviews

 

Customer rating on The Boat That Rocked: 4 out of 5 stars

Average rating (51 reviews)

Customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars Loved it !!

mrgemini | 08/08/2010 | See all mrgemini's reviews (1) »

Saw it at the cinema and loved it...as should any fans of the 60s. Obviously the music makes it, but i thought it was a very enjoyable film from start to finish. I don't know what people are looking for when they go to see a film about a pirate radio station in the 60s...but this does what it says on the tin. Good stuff.

Customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars Sunk without a trace...and not before time!

fritzy59 | 02/07/2010 | See all fritzy59's reviews (1) »

This has to be the worst Richard Cutris film EVER!

Over 2 hours of complete rubbish...it's just not funny!

This is not the quality I expect from a Richard Curtis movie....(does he really need to stoop so low as to name one of the charaters Mr. Tw*tt...just to get a cheap laugh...well yes he does because it's about the only laugh you are going to get watching this awful film!)

The only saving grace is the soundtrack...which is excellent.

So...avoid at all costs...and do something useful with the 2 hours you will save. In fact settle down and watch 'Almost Famous' which really is a great music based movie.

Customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars The boat that sank with all hands!!!

Rockfan1973 | 14/04/2010 | See all Rockfan1973's reviews (105) »

Terrible film that is neither a comedy or a drama.

Unfunny and way too long to sit through.

And it tanked in the U.S!

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Technical Details

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Emma Thompson, Gemma Arterton, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Rhys Darby, Nick Frost, Jack Davenport, Tom Wisdom, Rhys Ifans, Talulah Riley, Chris O'Dowd, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Sturridge & Ralph Brown

Richard Curtis

15 years and over

2009

Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic

English - Dolby Digital (5.1)

Hungarian

English for the hard of hearing ; Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Hungarian ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Swedish

2 hours and 10 minutes (approx)

Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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