Dreadfully Boring

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Oh, this is a brilliant movie, an absolute favourite of mine. It's hilarious, edgy, dark, tragic, shocking and hopeful as Frankie reinvents himself. Pete Tong has a definite Trainspotting vibe to it and has been cheekily filmed as a sort of mockumentary, with real DJ's being interviewed about the genius of Frankie Wilde and their theories on what happened to him since his disappearance from the scene. The movie then follows the legendary British DJ as he works the club circuit in Ibiza, loses his hearing, succumbs to drug addiction, fights the coke badger (awesome) and comes out the other side a very different person.Paul Kaye, Wow, what a performance he gives. His take on addiction is so real that at times its hard to look at, and that freaking badger (metaphor) brilliant, hilarious and scary. His agent Jack -what a pig, sweaty, obnoxious and a heart attack waiting to happen. Loved it when Frankie tuned him out- refusing to hear him just by turning away. Absolutely fantastic soundtrack too. 6/14/14

Just saw the film and I must say it was really good. I've wanted to see it for some time now and even though I'm not into dance I found it very interesting, with very good performances all round, especially Paul Kaye.I found some of the scenes very touching, too. Being a drummer, I've recently starting suffering from Tinnitus and so could relate a little to how it must feel to lose your hearing and the feelings and emotions one gets with that and so I think this film does a good job of showing the dangers of listening to music too loudly, although it wasn't really the aim of the film.All in all, I'd recommend it although I think it does go heavy on the language and drink and drugs for a 15 cert (although that keeps it real) and also it suffers a bit in the pacing department. But nonetheless it's an ace film!

Imagine 'Spinal Tap' meets 'Kevin & Perry Go Large' and you have pretty much summed up this mess of a film.And it starts so well, interviewing legit DJs and dance music moguls about the imaginary legend DJ Frankie Wilde. It sets to be a truly ingenious spoof on the age of electronic music, but then it starts downhill from there. The editing is so screwed up, that half the film is cut to look like a mockumentary style film with talking heads, and the rest is shot like your regular cinema comedy flick with panning angles, and camera work that has clearly been decided to fit the piece not vice versa. It also doesn't help that the film is completely scripted (and not very well at that) so the whole effect looks very false.The film's redeeming second half in which it battles with Wilde's deafness sensitively and thought provokingly almost drags the film up to a decent standard, with a decent film twist and a feel good feeling, but you can't help feeling that it could have been done a lot better, and not as rushed.However, the film does have some good features, for instance Paul Kayes is brilliant as Frankie, becoming the character instantly, and rattling off a number of great one liners like a pro. He is probably the films strongest point.It also has decided not to just opt for the stereotypical Ibiza feel of partying, drugs and Britishness, although it shows this side it also shows a beautiful, poignant and Spanish side to the devil's isle.I liked this film because of my love of dance music and Ibiza, however as a film standing up on its own it inevitably fails and probably has a future destined to the bargain bin section of HMV.

a fried of mine told me about this movie. I saw it and it was just great. I read a lot of comments here.. and i have a dilemma. why most of U.S.ists don't like this kind of movie? i know why.. because at the end there is no glory, at the end he was deaf,they don;t like it because here there is a different kind if fun,( we don't go to caraibes, take a sun bath.. watch old people walking on the beach and then go and spend all our funds in a casino), another music culture, and of course another kind of making movies. there r no good and bad guys, no American propaganda also.. it only a movie. and a great one. great English style.