PIRATE RADIO

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Once titled "The Boat That Rocked," Pirate Radio" is a victim of over-editing for a loosey-goose '60s rock 'n' roll period piece.

The movie is set on a pirate radio station on board a ship large enough to have a basketball half-court on deck.

Philip Seymour Hoffman coolly plays the Count, an American DJ with a heart of gold who enters into a cold war with British DJ rival Gavin, whose cruel-to-be-kind personality proves less toothy than the Count imagines.

Intended as a celebration of a more innocent yet swinging time when the music of The Beatles, the Stones, Hendrix, and The Kinks promised a world of endless reverie, "Pirate Radio" is missing enough character reference points for its audience to share in the random festivities of the ship's fun-loving inhabitants.

There's some great music and the movie sustains a groovy vibe that might have you imitating Bill Nighy's British accent as the boat's undemanding owner Quentin. 

Cheers!

Rated R. 116 mins.