A chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene.
Thanks to a great lead performance from Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) it’s inspiring stuff, showing the community-building power of music in an environment of fear and ever-present violence.
Directors Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn have got a good subject in the feckless, reckless Godfather of Ulster Punk, but their storytelling is predictable and pedestrian, and the film never gets to grips with Hooley’s frequent acts of self-sabotage.
Strikes a chord.
A rousing tale of rock ’n’ roll rebellion that shows how one man’s black-vinyl passions ended up socking it to The Man.
Given such fertile material, though, it’s a bit of a shame that directors Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn don’t deliver any surprises: this is meat-and-potatoes filmmaking, a world away from the brilliance of producer Michael Winterbottom’s 24-Hour Party People.
A rambunctious and likeable celebration of Terri Hooley.
More than anything, what's lacking from Good Vibrations is punk rock's adrenalin and drive. Someone needed to turn up the volume.
This is no 24 Hour Party People (2002), but it induces all the tingles that the title promises.
A terrifically warm and entirely lovable movie.
Great fun especially if you’re a music fan.
Cheerful.
Good Vibrations does what it says on the tin: fast-paced, edgy and a whole lot of fun for anyone who has ever identified with music of any genre. It’s food for the soul.
Good Vibrations: How does a low budget movie make it onto the big screen?
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday March 29, 2013, until Sunday April 7, 2013. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Monday April 1, 2013, until Thursday April 11, 2013. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday April 12, 2013, until Thursday April 18, 2013. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday April 12, 2013, until Thursday April 18, 2013. More info: www.dca.org.uk
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