Last night’s movie was a comedic little gem called Pirate Radio. I love Phillip Seymour Hoffman—he’s an incredible actor with tremendous range and admittedly why I rented this flick. Besides…I needed a laugh after a rough week and trusted him to deliver. He did, indeed. It was a pretty entertaining ride through the British airwaves of the 1960’s, following a group of pirate radio dj’s (of which Seymour Hoffman is one) who are broadcasting from the North Sea aboard the Radio Rock.
As Rock-N-Roll was dubbed “Heaven’s NOOO!” by the stodgy Brits in the 60’s, the Beatles, Stones and Who are all disallowed on the descent airwaves. This group of pirates, and evidently many other groups, make it their life’s mission to deliver the goods to those millions of fun-loving Brits that have taken their nose out of the stratosphere long enough to enjoy the musical side of life.
With that in mind, the main plot here unfolds as the British government attempts to navigate law…creating regulation where needed…to blast the pirates out of the sea. That in and of itself may have lacked a little “funny” on the plot side, so we have a “BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!” We also see several other sub-plots fall in line, including Carl’s (Tom Sturridge) quest to lose his virginity (cute ass there btw, Tom) and discover the true identity of his father. There’s also Simple Simon’s (Chris O’Dowd) 17-hour marriage and Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke), who is there time and again with his own unique brand of personality humor. Great English (mainly) cast, including Bill Nighy and even a brief appearance by Emma Thompson.
It’s a little long (1:53 and had more than 45 minuties of deleted scenes so it could have been even longer), but delivers more than a few laughs and even an unexpected ending as the Johnnies close in on our hero Buccaneers. The seas are a little choppy at times—I caught myself online a few times on the iPhone, but overall it kept me fairly zoned in.
I’ll give it 3.5 stars and a jolly-ho. Thanks for reading!
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