Bill Nighy is the operations manager and Philip Seymour Hoffman the anchoring DJ for Radio Rock, on offshore radio broadcaster anchored in the North Sea in the 1960's. While this all sounds very formal, in fact this offering tilts more to the zany side. With characters like The Count (Hoffman), Slow Bob, Young Carl, Thick Kevin, etc., the cast has a passion for radio and freedom of expression that is simultaneously goofy and an important part of the development of commercial radio. The Radio Rock crew is broadcasting in the absence of any legal recognition (not prohibited, not allowed) while parliament works to find a way to squash them as cultural boundary pushers. This is a fun (I laughed out loud) historical fiction version of the Pirate Radio phenomena. And you can't go wrong with Nighy or Hoffman.
4 stars (out of 5)
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