The Boat That Rocked

2009 "On air. Off shore. Out of control."
7.3| 2h15m| R| en| More Info
Released: 13 November 2009 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.theboatthatrocked.net/
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An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as "Pirate Radio".

Genre

Drama, Comedy

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Director

Richard Curtis

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
chris_rogers I don't see why this movie flopped at the box office. It was a very enjoyable movie and one of my favorite films of all time. The music used in the movie was accurate for the time period betrayed and the actors and actresses in the movie were just amazing. Where else can you get 60s music and boobs? (Other than for 99 cents at your local dirty movie theater during the Sunday Matinee)
raytalbot-11041 Opening scene, man in armchair with Green Bay window behind him, the green radiator in the bay window in a modern one. When the Gov boats rush out to Radio Rock (in the 1960s) they are all new high speed inflatable ribs.
Mike B This is pretty juvenile. The characters, the dialogue, the interaction....it's much like a comic book. Caricatures abound and women are treated as sex toys – like in a James Bond movie. If you like frat party movies this one's for ya. We are annoyingly told over and over that the female member of the crew is a lesbian. It never goes beyond the basic plot of : Britain bans the playing of rock'n'rollguys (and one gal) on a boat off the British coast broadcast the illicit musicBritish government decides to terminate the rock'n'roll boat. That's all there is - for nearly 2 hours. The music is good – which brought my rating up. And the ending is a copycat of a much more famous movie which brought my rating back down.
Rosettes I hate to say it but I found this movie incredibly boring.I had hoped that there could have been something to the concept of a "Radio Free Britain".I had bought it in a buying sweep of Mr. Hoffman's movies after his passing, so I felt compelled, over 3 days, to finish so I would not always be wondering if something sitting on the shelf ever improved.Unfortunately, it did not. It was like watching a TV series that never gets going in its season. Where it is February or March and one wonders what their crisis is, what point will they make before the season finale.The jokes are predictable, there is never a build up of anticipation, and the antagonist as well as one or two other characters seem put in place just for convenience. They serve their need in the story and then disappear. We never learn of whether or not the antagonist gets the just reward. We know that the enemy has created their device to defeat our heroes, but in the end, the heroes win and we don't know how they overturned the enemy's device. We are "introduced" to the ship's crew far into the movie but we never learn their fates.We reach a major tense moment when the movie is more than half over which exists for a few minutes but it doesn't last and then the movie moves on to something else. The film seemed like a collection of stories that were only linked because they happened in the same place.I gave this movie a 3 for wonderful photography/sound coordination, excellent sets, and for a cast that performed decently..............for the story they just did not have.