Pirate Radio

Comedy
3.5 stars
Great music and a fun movie about the Pirate Radio ships in 1966 who played government-banned rock’n’roll on the airwaves. Tom Sturridge plays “Young Carl” whose Mum thought it would be a “good idea” for him to spend some time with a bunch of partying hippies (loved the clothes!) on the ship headed up by Bill Nighy. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the head DJ and Rhys Efans (Notting Hill) plays Hoffman’s nemesis. Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) plays another popular DJ and Chris O’Dowd plays a DJ with a low self esteem. Kenneth Branagh and Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean) play the government officials bent on shutting down the pirate rockers. Fun movie, and I might have to get the soundtrack too!