The Boat That Rocked

"For a script that relies more on character-driven than situational comedy, it’s the performances that count, and these are thankfully strong."

"Riddled with music of an era that reverberates with baby boomers and will lift its interest value. A little stretched and not always focused, the payoff is nevertheless a big one, with an uplifting sequence that perhaps should have been the ending."

"Curtis hangs situation and character comedy on a homage to rock’n’roll. That would be fine if it were funny, but auto-pilot Curtis prevails."

"It's as sickening as seven-metre swells on the Cook Strait ferry ride. And, at 129 minutes, almost as long."

"It playlists to starboard. It playlists to port. It still doesn't rock."

"The film was about an hour too long, the humour hit and miss, the set-ups too obvious and the disappointment immense."

"A mix-tape of successes and failures, perhaps too light for its subject, but a silly, easy watch."

"In between slumping deeper into my seat and muttering "Oh, for gawd's sake" at the film's ever more nakedly manipulative twists and turns, I still found myself enjoying the performances, the music, and the whole infectious likeability that Richard Curtis (Love Actually) brings to his projects."