The Boat That Rocked (DVD) Reviews

What a fantastic film! I loved it! The soundtrack is brilliant, with so many 60's classics. The story itself tells the audience about a time in social history when young people really started to 'rebel', forming their own opinions, shagging like mad and most importnantly listening to the music they wanted to hear! Pirate radio allowed ...  Read the complete review

The Boat that Rocked is a film set in the 1960's in which a group of people own and operate a radio station, postioned off mainland England. The reason for this is that they play riské music as opposed to the conservative BBC radio. Of course, the police don't like this too much; hence the fact it is stationed away from England - avoiding ...  Read the complete review

Richard Curtis is the most well known and prolific writer of very English comedies, with his previous works, such as Four Wedding and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually all boasting the same aesthetic, and, of course, his frequent collaborator, Hugh Grant. Astoundingly, his latest film, The Boat That Rocked, whilst still banding around that ...  Read the complete review

The Boat That Rocked is a fictitious comedy set in Britain during 1966 in an era when the BBC, the only UK mainland licensed radio broadcaster (Manx Radio had already been licensed to serve the Isle of Man), played little more than two hours of any kind of recorded music each week. In the story a pirate station called Radio Rock began broadcasting ...  Read the complete review

The problem with Richard Curtis movies is that you laugh your heart out while your watching them, but often forget them immediately afterwards. In my humble opinion this movie is not nearly in the same league as 4 weddings. but it's up there with Notting Hill: all star cast, great music, and many funny moments. some quite raunchy ...  Read the complete review

ROCKING THE BOAT- A HAVEN IN A SEA OF SELF-INVOLVED EPICS Seldom do those of us in the UK get the chance to view a film in cinema before the American market. For once we were able to make up our own minds without the American sales telling us whether or not the film was any good. Having said that, it quickly became clear from ...  Read the complete review

I cannot praise this film enough! I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, it has everything you could want in a flim. For the people who remember radio caroline its a great blast from the past, the movie is absolutely stuffed with great old school music (TRex, the kinks through to duffy) that reli sets the tone of the film. For the younger generation the ...  Read the complete review

Being 18 and completely ignorant of the true events which The Boat That Rocked are based on, I entered the cinema happily believing that the film would be a simple, funny, cheeky story. I then went through a cycle of laughter, gasping, promising myself to buy the DVD once it was released, going back on this because it was all too tragic - and ...  Read the complete review

Based on the exploits of Radio Caroline, this is a true story in which only the facts have been changed, to nauseating effect. Although you kinda know what to expect from the Richard Curtis franchise, in this effort, it's as if he farmed out his scriptwriting to Colin Hunt from the Fast Show, such was the serious flop that this wacky crew and ...  Read the complete review

Richard Curtis is the man who brought you Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually. All films follow a pretty similar pattern...love (and Hugh Grant). When I saw the trailer for this I was surprised to hear it was by Richard Curtuis as it looked funny AND there were no traces of a romantic story! This is a story of a ...  Read the complete review

we went to see the boat that rocket at the cinema and despite the rave reviews we were a little disappointed with it - the soundtrack is really good with loads of 60's hits but you got the feeling that while the actors - and there is some really good british talent in there, had a riot filming but the jokes were a little flat on the audience, ...  Read the complete review

On a family trip we decided to go to the cinema, we had the choice of watching The Boat That Rocked or 17 Again. I think any sane person would want to watch the boat that rocked, but no, my mum and sister wanted to watch that ugly minger from high school crap act badly again. Me and my nan however went for the better choice and I was pleasantly ...  Read the complete review

Several decades ago, in the North Sea where several Pirate Radio Boats who would broadcast there music to the British Public. This movie captivates the history and brings with it a sense of energy, very funny script writing and innovation. The Boat That Rocked is no more than a fictinal story of a group of Radio DJ's who decide to take to the ...  Read the complete review

As an avid music fan I really wanted to see this film as soon as I saw the adverts on tv. The music in it was brilliant, I couldn't help but shuffle my bum in my seat in the cinema. Although the film itself was also good it wasn't mind blowing and for me the plot lacked a little. It was easy going though and for me the music did really make it. I ...  Read the complete review

I took my mother to see this film at the cinema as she loves anything with 60's music and remembers the good old days when Radio Caroline launched and caused so much controversy. It seemed like the perfect film for her to watch and have a stroll down memory lane, allowing her to reminisce about her misspent youth and she wasn't ...  Read the complete review

The Boat That Rocked -------------------------------- As many of you know it is the easter holidays for schools across the United Kingdom and many of pupils are bored out of their minds with nothing to do, and if the weather isn't fantastic then that does not help the limit of activity you can do. I myself have been finding the ...  Read the complete review

Please note this review is based on seeing the film at the cinema, and as such does not include any details on the DVD extras or packaging. I'm sure I'm not alone among blokes at groaning at the name Richard Curtis - king of the romcom. The fact is his films are a mixed bag of foppish, middle class English Britflicks that range wildly ...  Read the complete review

This is a film only review. Some people love Richard Curtis' films, others, like me, can't see the attraction. When I first heard about this film a few months ago, I thought, what a wonderful premise, but I was also doubtful if I'd bother to watch it since it comes from Richard Curtis' stable. It's the summer of 1966 and ...  Read the complete review