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.
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,
22 Nov 2009
rotten:
It just sits there in the water.
– Michael Phillips,
At the Movies,
16 Nov 2009
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,
16 Nov 2009
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,
13 Nov 2009
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.