The ultimate feel good movie (The Boat That Rocked (DVD))

Member Name: Matt1987

Product:	The Boat That Rocked (DVD)
Date:	29/07/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cannot fail to make you smile

Disadvantages: No real plot

Now I didn't really go into this film with very high expectations, the trailers had looked ok, a pretty standard british comedy. I came out amazed.

I'm not saying this is one of the greatest films of all time, not by a long shot, but it does something that a lot of films fail to do. It makes you feel happy. Really happy. Even at the lowest moments in the film, you still can't help but feel glad that these guys are there on their boat, living the dream as it were. Alot of credit for this has to go to the soundtrack, which is a fantastic selection of classic rock from days when music was fun and real, not just computer generated pop rubbish.

The cast is also magnificent, special mentions have to go to Philip Hoffman and Rhys Ifans, who were fantastic as the two biggest DJs in the world, neither quite willing to accept the other. Supported by Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, Rhys Darby, Bill Nighy (playing, as ever, Bill Nighy, but as always brilliant) and a number of other supporting actors the whole cast comes together really well and their seems to be a genuine group chemistry on the boat.

Although the ending is a bit predicatable they drag it out just about long enough to make you think it might not all turn out as expected. But then the plot isn't what this film is really about, its that warm happy glow you will walk out the cinema with. No other film has ever made me walk out a cinema feeling as genuinly happy for a reason I couldn't quite explan.

Summary: Made me feel happy in a way no other film has