During a time when rock ‘n’ roll was gaining popularity throughout the world, the British government wanted to stop all broadcasting of rock ‘n’roll. So a group of friends gathered together on a ship off the coast of Great Britain to be free of the government and play music their way. The 2009 movie “Pirate Radio” chronicles these friends’ adventures.

I really enjoyed this movie. It was definitely entertaining and hilarious. It definitely seemed more like an indie film to me. I thought it made it feel like it was set in the time period that it was supposed to be and gave it a more relaxed feel to the movie.

I liked the fact that it wasn’t like the normal Hollywood movies that have been produced lately. The whole indie theme really made this movie entertaining with all the little quirks that the cast gave to their performance.

The clothes definitely added to that indie feeling. They never looked all done up or anything; it looked like most of them had rolled out of bed and gotten dressed.

I loved the cast. I think everyone that was cast in the movie did a great job acting the part that they had. While watching, I never thought that someone else should have been playing one of their parts. They all fit in so well together. They were all so funny, and made me laugh the whole movie.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was hilarious in this movie. Hoffman played the main DJ on the ship. When a caller sent in that they would like to hear the “F” word on the radio, the Count (Hoffman) was down for the dare, but the captain of the ship (Bill Nighy) was not going to have that type of language broadcasted. Then a funny exchange of words between the two, in which they utter the “F” word countless times, is accidentally broadcasted on the radio.

I loved the storyline. I really enjoyed the fact that they tied everything together in such a unique way. I love how they used the ‘60s music to tie in the love story between the new kid, Carl (Tom Sturridge), whose mother the captain had once been in a relationship with, and the captain’s god-daughter. No matter what was going on in the movie, there was always a point where they could use what they were putting out on the radio to relate to what was actually going on in the ship and in the characters’ own lives.

The one thing that I wish they had done in the movie was use real-life people who had actually started the Pirate Radio ships. I think that would have made the movie a little better. I mean if these were real things that were happening in the 1960s, then I would have liked to see who the real people were who made it possible for so many people to listen to this music and be exposed to something new. I think having it based off of their actions would have made the storyline more about what really happened instead of just taking an idea and the music from the 1960s and making a storyline of what the producers wanted it to be about.

Whatever the storyline was, it was still a very funny movie, and I would recommend this to anyone. You will without a doubt enjoy watching it to the very end.