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)

akrill Even my vision is enough to see what a strong idea inside this movie, and obviously the film crew didn't bring everything they want into the film. But it's not the only problem: That Boat That Rocked is also too long story/too boring in some moments, and I couldn't forgive it.

bugandlolly Another film I rented because of the trailer and because of the cast. And I loved it. I understand that what I saw was the gutted "short" version made for US viewing. I would love to find the original but even the version I saw was wonderfully funny and genuinely touching in parts. And the cast! Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans (what an interesting actor he is) Kenneth Braugnah (spelling? eek!) and Nick Frost! Really, I mean WOW!This film has received a lot of negative reviews and bombed at the box office. I would simply like to urge viewers who see the value in smaller films, who are not driven to stand in line for the next block buster, who enjoy ensemble casts and British humor, to give it a shot. Bill Nighy alone is worth the rental fee. Yes, there are flaws. Yes, some of the sound track is questionable but it was fun to hear those old songs again, even the ones I didn't like.One negative review stated that people who lived during the 60's were not nostalgic for the 60's, since they were living them. I think that may be a misinterpretation of the "Count's" comment (loosely paraphrased) that this will be "the best time of his life." That is not nostalgia, it is the gut wrenching awareness that no matter how long you live, no matter what else you do, this moment, this time, this place, will be the one by which all others are measured and the devastating knowledge that none will even come close. Those moments of insight do happen, I had one, and damn it, I was right!Another negative review mentioned the interspersed montages of people listening to the radio show and said they were unnecessary. I disagree. This was a different time. Music of all types is available now 24/7 but not then.The montages show people from all walks of life listening to the same music played by the same DJ's. The "pirate" status of the show brought them together, made their listening more intense, gave it a kind of conspiratorial, us against them, quality and showing that helped with the ending.So, if you like offbeat films, enjoy great performances, like to hear 60's music (even the stuff you didn't like then) and like to cheer for the good guys, check this film out. I for one would like to see it get the credit I think it deserves.

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.