Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman appear in The Boat That Rocked

the boat that rocked poster Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman appear in <em>The Boat That Rocked</em>
The 60s was the decade when the pirate radio phenomenon threw our nation’s youth into an under-the-duvet frenzy (ahem) as they secretly tuned their transistors to the illicit sounds of Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg (ask your gran). Pretty good fodder for a movie, yes?
Whether that movie is The Boat That Rocked is up for debate. It comes from Richard “Four Weddings”/”Love Actually” Curtis, and has a trailer which positively reeks of the scent we have come to know as “Parochial Britcom”. The characters wear garishly patterned clothes, and at one point someone walks into a lamp post. Hmm.
If any cast can elevate a film above such matters you’d hope it would be this one, though. Those featuring include Philip Seymour Hoffman (?!), Kenneth Branagh (?!), Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Gemma Arterton, Chris O’Dowd and Jack Davenport.
See the trailer after the jump… (warning: it’s on autoplay)