So energized by the subject that it overflows with inventiveness.
Comment
08/23/02
Rate this Movie 
24 Hour Party People (2002)
85
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:82
Rotten:14
Average Rating:7.2/10
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
Get This Movie
Reviews for 24 Hour Party People
Top CriticGreat good fun even if you spent the 1980s listening to Loverboy.
08/22/02
Michael Winterbottom puts the Manchester, England music/club scene circa 1980 under the microscope... and forgets to take the lens cap off!
08/22/02
Not flawless by any stretch, 24 Hour Party People has an ear to the spirit of a time pitch-perfect and infectious.
08/21/02
Coogan is definitely funny, but even he can't inject the needed energy into this tired film.
08/19/02
Michael Winterbottom's deliriously wacked mockumentary is a Pythonesque tour through the evolution of a music scene.
08/17/02
Click to read the article
08/17/02
Laced with brilliantly funny non-sequiturs and cameo appearances, and suffused with a pure love of the setting and real music which did indeed exist before all the corporations took over.
08/17/02
Winterbottom 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
An uneven, hit or miss affair that never quite hits full Python stride and will probably only be appreciated by fans of one or both such music scenes.
08/16/02
Winterbottom, who rarely makes comedies ... nevertheless appreciates Coogan's richly comic portrait and lets him run with it.
08/16/02
The 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
Smart 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
Although you don't really get to know most of the players, 24 Hour does make you feel like you could have been up all night partying and puking with them.
08/16/02
Shines with a kind of inspired madness.
08/16/02
Top CriticA must see for fans of alternative, goth, or punk. It's a great story that's told in a unique and entertaining way.
08/16/02
Winterbottom grafts fact and fiction (for comedic and artistic license) to good effect.
08/15/02
Amazing, 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 CriticIt's not so much the sound of 'Madchester' captured on film as it is the spirit -- how a place so gloomy could wind up the center of rave culture, how the dreary finally got up and danced.
08/15/02
The 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
Latest News for 24 Hour Party People
June 22, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: MirrorMask
It may not be as high-profile as many of 2005's A-list fantasy flicks, but "MirrorMask" is something that fans of fanciful cinema will absolutely want to keep an eye... More...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review 
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
Moviefone's Year End Movie Poll
What were your favorites? Least favorites? The funniest and scariest? Moviefone wants to know!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds