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24 Hour Party People (2002)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:24
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: The colorful, chaotic 24 Hour Party People nimbly captures the spirit of the Manchester music scene.
Theatrical Release:Aug 9, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $1,053,506
Synopsis: Staggeringly versatile director Michael Winterbottom follows up his epic Western THE CLAIM with a period piece of a completely different variety. A sprawling, visceral tribute to the legendary... [More]
Starring: Steve Coogan, Paddy Considine, Lennie James, John Simm
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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05/19/04
Top CriticHow much you enjoy 24 Hour Party People, director Michael Winterbottom's raucous look at the Manchester, England music scene of the '80s, probably depends on your background.
10/02/02
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09/26/02
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09/09/02
Top CriticA real party, but it's hard to keep track of the guests.
08/31/02
Top CriticEven if you have never heard of the Mondays, whose members swiftly self-destructed in Ecstasy and excess, or of Tony Wilson, the entrepreneur the film is about, you may find yourself drawn into the vortex created by director Michael Winterbottom.
08/30/02
Top CriticIts wit and sense of fun open it up to people with only a passing interest in the music and the era.
08/30/02
Top CriticWith enough verve and energy, if a not an absolute devotion to truth, to keep you dancing and thinking for days.
08/30/02
Top CriticRave and dance music aficionados will be pleased to see an important chapter in their cultural history.
08/29/02
Top CriticWinterbottom captures the spirit of the times, although the film's camera shakes and psychedelic colour bursts may make many viewers feel like reaching for Gravol rather than Ecstasy.
08/23/02
Top CriticSo energized by the subject that it overflows with inventiveness.
08/23/02
Top CriticGreat good fun even if you spent the 1980s listening to Loverboy.
08/22/02
Top CriticWinterbottom has set a high, new standard with 24 Hour Party People, his funny, riveting look at the music scene that ruled Manchester, England, from 1976 to 1992.
08/16/02
Top CriticThe manic swirl of characters (most speaking in thick Northern accents that are sometimes muffled and incomprehensible) may leave you exhausted and confused.
08/16/02
Top CriticSmart and grabby enough to work even if you think 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' is a bummer of a fortune cookie rather than a Joy Division tune.
08/16/02
Top CriticShines with a kind of inspired madness.
08/16/02
Top CriticAmazing, rich in authentic period atmosphere and detail, an ever-changing cyclorama of a movie that contains and frames Wilson, who never is allowed to overwhelm it.
08/15/02
Top CriticThe actors' performances are a mix of eerie mimicry and something more: a portrait of ambitious dreamers kicking around big notions and doing absolutely self-destructive, stupid things.
08/15/02
Top CriticIf you're even vaguely a fan of any of the groups in 24 Hour Party People, you'd be an idiot not to see this film.
08/15/02
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