Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Marcus Albertelly -contains spoilers-Tony Wilson is full of himself with his twisted recollection of the 80s and 90s and how this rave culture and genre of music came about.In this movie he claims that it came about through his collaborations with this new order of music he discovered called Punk Rock in the very late 70s. Also makes it appear that he alone helped to launch this genre of music to the public. That is totally untrue and either he is delusional or just lying to sell the story. Punk and this hard rock type of sound originated in the very early 70s with followers of bands like MC5, The Stooges, and others. The stuff that played at The Factory may have included punk-styled singers but most of the bands were just pop-rock garage bands.Later into the 80s and early 90s the bands Tony Wilson was incorporated with were just the same type of pop dance music you heard everywhere, but some with a slightly rougher sound some of the time. He says in the film that they were based on some new sound one of his producers had created but since the late 70s there were hundreds of bands similar to Happy Mondays, New Order, etc. Even American radio had been playing lighter versions of these bands like The Cure for almost a decade before.He claims that his club in the early 90s and these bands playing there accidentally stumbled onto this new form of music called "rave". That and his claim that they were the first club playing this "new" music and having live DJs is another total untruth. There were rave parties in Orlando and Miami every weekend, that I remember, from 88-98. This rave music and it's dance parties had been all over the world before his club even opened. And it was not based on pop-rock-dance bands but digital music intentionally designed for those taking hallucinogenics and other drugs, not just dancing. It is more likely that no one wanted to see the bands he was sponsoring so the club had to change and jump on the new dance party trend that was already sweeping the world.Though this is an entertaining movie and I would recommend it if you come across it on television. The fact that it is a type of documentary based on lies makes it's score plummet. Tony Wilson could have very easily just told things in a historically accurate way and the movie would mean much more.

SnoopyStyle It's a semi-true story as Coogan would himself tell the audience as he breaks down the 4th wall. In 1976 Manchester, TV presenter Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is risking his life hang gliding for silly Granada Reports and he's not happy about it. Then he is one of the 42 people to see the first Sex Pistols gig along with others like the kids in Joy Division. He would tout the overlooked music scene on his small show "So It Goes". He rents out a club to play his type of music on Fridays. He turns that into Factory Records where he signs up Joy Division among others. Joy Division would attract skinheads because of their Nazi inspired name. Lead singer Ian Curtis commits suicide just when the group is on the verge of their American tour. Tony continues with the creation of the infamous dance club The Hacienda.The movie starts pretty funny with Coogan breaking down the 4th wall within the first 10 minutes. Ian Curtis becomes the second most important character in the movie. That's why his lost leaves a big hole in the emotional feel of the movie. It's like the comedic air is let out and the movie feels flattened. The funny is gone. The movie still works but it's just not as much fun.

es0025 24 Hour Party People is a film that perfectly captures the spirit of an era. For those who have been born some years after that period, or those who have not reached to live it fully (including me), 24 hour party people becomes a kind of historical document.The film tells the story of Factory records, in a mock-documentary style. How it arose, how it established, and finally its debacle.Steve Coogan delivers an excellent job in the role of Tony Wilson and Andy Serkis on the other hand makes an exceptional portrait of a lost genius as was Martin Hannet.Without a doubt, the job of Micheal Winterbottom is one of the most original I've seen. It is a strange narrative between observation and integration of the viewer. In some points the main character take us into the story and even gives us some hints of future events. The film shows us its own cinematic mechanism in order to include us in it. A blend of past, present and future, where Tony Wilson knows he is making history.Finally, as Steve Coogan says, 24 Hour Party People is a movie about music, about that period in particular and what it gave to the world. The characters involved are only secondary elements which belonged to that spirit.Music lovers, enjoy it. And those who are not so, take a sit, relax, and open your mind to a new form of cinema. You won't regret.I hope you enjoyed this review. See you next time. PS: Excuse my English, i'm doing my best.

Max_cinefilo89 At one point in the film, Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) mentions an event and says: "This scene didn't actually make it to the final cut. I'm sure it'll be on the DVD." Earlier on, he kept reminding the audience certain sequences didn't accurately depict what happened to him and his music company, the Hacienda. It is these wildly absurd moments of meta-cinema, in which the characters admit they're part of a fictitious set-up, that make 24 Hour Party People different from other biopics. Another director would probably have told the story of Tony Wilson and his role in Manchester's music business in the late '70s and early '80s in a very traditional way, possibly trying to make the people portrayed look nice. In the hands of Michael Winterbottom, however, Wilson's life becomes a hectic, anarchic tale, filled up to its eyeballs with sex, drugs, rock'n'roll and pitch-black humor.That the movie shouldn't be taken very seriously, despite the fact it's telling s true story, is evident from the beginning, when Wilson introduces himself and states: "I'm a minor player in my own life story.", clearly indicating even he, the narrator/leading man, is there to have a good laugh rather than enlighten viewers. From his messy relationship with women to his struggles to open and subsequently keep the Hacienda, he skips through every scene with the same irony, even when commenting on a friend's death or his own substance abuse.Irony is also present in the film's style, as it is shot with hand-held cameras, like a documentary, even though Wilson repeatedly claims 75% of what you see is partially or completely fabricated. The movie frequently breaks the rules and plays with its own structure, but never for its own sake: every single instance of direct interaction with the audience is integral to the events depicted in the film, no matter how weird that may sound. That it gets away with this sort of approach is largely thanks to Coogan's irresistibly smug but captivating work: having reportedly based his famous character Alan Partridge on Tony Wilson, he has one hell of a time playing his inspirer, providing a distorted, fascinating point of view on the chaotic events we're shown.After five years, 24 Hour Party People still stands the test of time as one of the most brilliant, audacious British films ever produced. Its narrative technique may seem too bold or far-fetched to some, but those able to enjoy really good cinema should give this riotously funny flick a look.