This is How Movies Should Be Made

One of the best films i have seen

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

The film makers achieved what they wanted!The music is fantastic as is the look, the acting and the casting. You really couldn't want more from a music film. The story covers a very important period in music and does so with a touch of genuine soul.The movie is funny and entertaining and as authentic as they could make it within the parameters of the story. Any criticism would be unwarranted. I honestly can't say anymore. I suggest you sit back and enjoy the ride. It obviously helps If you have some prior knowledge of the story and the music.Tony Wilson could be a pompous patronising c***, but was blessed with a wee stroke of genius and this film portrays this well.Good job all round.

So, the history is there, in a sort of hazy blotch of spurtches (those are real words, look them up), but of course it's told to us by one person, Tony Wilson, who everyone in the film repeatedly says is a c*nt, and potentially the worst kind, a charming c*nt that appears to know everything, is married multiple times to women he constantly cheats on, and appears to fail at everything except failure (he's apparently married to a former Miss UK as of the film's making). His specialty is talking out of his ass and spotting the next big thing in music. So, we're treated to the Sex Pistols, we're treated to Joy Division and New Order, the Happy Mondays, bands the kids don't know they know unless they know they need to. It's told tongue-and-cheek, and you know it must embrace the spirit of it because there are multiple cameos by the people who were a part of it. It also comes with a light of mockumentary about it, as though it needs to make fun of itself to keep you off about whether this or that happened that way or if it happened at all (and sometimes they will straight up tell you it didn't). A little too self-aware to be a masterpiece, but it's revetting and loads of fun to watch, all the same.

You would think that Hollywood and the music business would be very close, with the executives lunching together every day in the slick restaurant scene that only LA and New York City have to offer. But you would be wrong. The evidence is that on both sides (music execs trying to make movies and tone deaf Hollywood moguls)there has been a massive failure in joining the two art forms. The one big exception is the growing body of work by Scorcese. Which brings me to this film, one of the top music movies ever made. For those of us who have followed music since the birth of rock n roll, it is particularly amazing and satisfying that it took the British to make this masterpiece about the BUSINESS of rock. Since Edison, it is a combination of business and technology that has created the music industry and led to its massive melt down, and the complete hand over to Apple. But that is another story. This film does its best to sum up why and how it has been impossible for rock and roll artists to grow their art separate from a completely insane and out of control money system that sold it down the river. The setting of this film is in the brief but fascinating Manchester music scene and this is the perfect back drop for a goofy, chaotic, and ultimately tragic tale that just never stops moving. Steve Coogan is brilliant in a once in a life time role that must have been written just for him. How else can you explain this funny, hilarious, and absolutely true picture of a music money man gone mad. I am not exaggerating that when movies were invented, they were meant for just this; social and artistic commentary that is moving, funny and absolutely unforgettable. I have seen this movie more than once, and each time I am amazed, delighted and so sad that a artistic world once so promising came to this.

Watching "24 Hour Party People" was a nostalgic experience for me, bringing back memories of nights many moons ago. From beginning to end, the film is a genuine treat for anybody who experienced the Madchester scene or who has an appreciation for the music that came out of it.Steve Coogan's portrayal of the late, great Anthony H. Wilson is marvellously entertaining. Every scene is a joy to behold and the dialogue is hilariously true to life.The scenes around Manchester are superbly staged and there's a smörgåsbord of familiar faces in the movie. On top of this, the soundtrack and the recreation of the Hacienda's final night are too good to miss.9 out of 10. Not a perfect film but a genuine pleasure to view.