
Overview
Genre :
Comedy, Drama, RomanceRelease Date :
November 13, 2009MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Richard CurtisStarring :
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gemma Arterton, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, January Jones, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O'Dowd, Tom Sturridge
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
Readers
[Rate It]

“..too long..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..staid and stolid..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]

“..rowdy, mostly hilarious British comedy-drama..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]

“..Pirate Radio treats its central genre as merely a reserve to be plundered for appropriately upbeat or gloomy soundtrack accompaniment..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]

“..painful little mistake of a movie..”
by Colin Covert [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]

“..never finds a story..”
by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star]

“..isn't trying to cause a big sensation, it's just peddling instant gratification..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

“..defined fully by the word "cute," mostly entertaining and inoffensive and often quite funny..”
by Christopher Null [Filmcritic.com]

“.."Pirate Radio" is less than seaworthy..”
by Tom Keogh [Seattle Times]

“.."Pirate Radio" is less like the truly great music it celebrates and more like a three-minute bubblegum single, something you enjoy while you're hearing it but forget about almost as soon as it's over..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Sam Adams [Onion AV Club]
Reviewed by Sam Adams [Onion AV Club]
Reviewed by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]





