Fresh
Curtis's movie is loosely based on the historical truths of the time, but it isn't meant as a documentary, a rockumentary, or even a docucomedy. It's just a hell of a lot of fun.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
The Boat That Rocked
On air. Off shore. Out of control.
2009 · 2h 15m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Richard Curtis
Overview
When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It just sits there in the water.
Michael Phillips, At the Movies
Rotten
Any serious music fan -- that is anyone who sees the radio pirates as kindred spirits -- will be outraged by its sloppy approach to the history of rock and roll.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Rotten
Forty years ago, they couldn't get these songs on the radio; now we can't get them off.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Richard Curtis's comedy is anchored only in exuberance, but that's more than you can say for most movies these days; it keeps you beaming with pleasure.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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