Pirate Radio, 2009 (Grade B+)

Director: Richard Curtis

Awards? none that we know of but is worthy of consideration 

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh. Tom Sturridge, Rhys Darby, Talulah Riley, January Jones, Emma Thomposn. Gemma Arterton, Tom Wisdom,  Jack Davenport

sez says: what a great cast....esp Bill Nighy is a stand-out, and that is a real accomplishment with so many great performances in this movie to compare it to.  This is a fun. If you like rock and roll you can't help but enjoy this movie.  It is not esp profound.. Its main message is that creativity is good and it can not be legislated away -- or suppressed.  Creativity and in this case music feeds our souls and it will always find a conduit to seep back into the world whenever and wherever it is threatened.  It will survive because people -- everyday people--need it, love it and support it.  There are good guys in the story (our wild disc jockies --and associates) and bad guys (Kenneth Branagh does a brilliant job as the bad bureaucrat--he disappears into his role) who want to outlaw rock and roll.  And you have a boy in search of his father..and costumes right out of the wilder part of the 1960s... It is a fun fun fun romp --  Grade B+

mjc says: pure fun, just what we needed as a transition from the British Isles to the USA.