A very difficult film to get right. Thankfully, the script avoids 'deep' or academic/sociological statement-making in respect of the troubles/sectarianism or the 'meaningfulness' of punk in favour of the spontaneity of punk and indeed of Belfast and its people. Richard Dormer is excellent as Good Vibes mogul Terri Hooley whose huge-hearted 'caution to the wind' was beset by personal and financial difficulties.
The soundtrack is articulate and authentic; a worry prior the screening was that the film might have been informed by a 10th-rate retro punk imaginings of what the orig wave of NI punk rockers should have looked or sounded like. This was not the case.
A contender for film of the year, a hell of a lot better than I thought it would be, and one of the best youth culture movies I've ever seen.
A large crowd attended this midweek showing in QFT Belfast and burst into applause at the film's conclusion.
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