It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)

77% of critics liked it
(70 reviews)
87% of users liked it
(16,715 ratings)

The rise, fall, and rebirth of a turntable master sets the stage for this comedy drama with elements of mockumentary. Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye) is one of the world's leading dance music DJs; his sets in Ibiza are the stuff of legend, he commands a premium fee to spin in clubs around the world, he's… More The rise, fall, and rebirth of a turntable master sets the stage for this comedy drama with elements of mockumentary. Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye) is one of the world's leading dance music DJs; his sets in Ibiza are the stuff of legend, he commands a premium fee to spin in clubs around the world, he's in demand for his remixing skills, and he's launched a promising career as a recording artist. Frankie has a mansion, a beautiful wife, and a stepson, but there are a few other things that he also has -- a dangerous appetite for liquor and drugs, and a hearing problem that's getting worse. When Frankie's hearing begins to interfere with his work, his life and career go into a tailspin -- he becomes a sloppy, chemically imbalanced wreck, and his wife leaves him once the money begins to run out. Frankie is near the bottom of the barrel when he meets Penelope (Beatriz Batarda), a beautiful but hard-shelled woman who can stand up to Frankie's wild side while teaching him how to read lips and start life over again. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By: Michael Dowse
Written By: Michael Dowse
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2004 Wide
On DVD: Sep 20, 2005
Studio: Matson Films

Critic Reviews

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
There's nothing like watching a guy hit rock bottom and then try to crawl back up again. Or as that heartless record industry weasel puts it, 'People love a good tragedy.' Especially one set to a good beat.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
You may ... find the picture as undisciplined as Frankie's wild coif. I see the chaos, like the coif, to be tangled but pointed, an endearingly calculated mess.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
The formula doesn't entirely stick, but Dowse's visual veracity towers over any narrative shortcomings Tong presents.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
This is biopic as raving rumination. But it is also a surprisingly compassionate redemption story.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie works because of its heedless comic intensity; Kaye and his writer-director, Michael Dowse, chronicle the rise and fall of Frankie Wilde as other directors have dealt with emperors and kings.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A raucous, uproarious satire of the dance-club scene.
David Noh, Film Journal International
This has writing that could charitably be called inane, and a wholly repulsive star.
Joseph Proimakis, Movies for the Masses
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Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
One of the most graphic, scary, funny and imaginative depictions of drug addiction ever filmed.
S. James Wegg, JWR
The film soars on the talent of Paul Kaye's magnificent portrayal of a pop music icon's self abuse, descent into total deafness and rebirth ...
Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
Billed as a comedy and a mockumentary, but works better as a drama
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
O diretor Michael Dowse confere energia admirável a este filme espetacular que conta, ainda, com uma atuação arrebatadora de Paul Kaye.
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium
Bright, noisy, and surprisingly fulfilling, it keeps its adrenaline rush under deceptively easy control.
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
At the center of all this is Kaye's flat-out brilliant performance.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
It doesn't look or sound like "the caca" but the story smells a little bit like it.
Dan Jardine, Cinemania
Paul Kaye's performance is revelatory. A surprisingly warm-hearted mockumentary.
Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
When Kaye tries to be funny, he's odd; when he tries to be sad, he's boring; and when he tries to be happy, he's . . . just weird.
Mark Palermo, Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
There's unexpected tenderness in the sincerity with which Dowse plunges into Disability Movie conventions.
Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star
It's a mess, albeit a vaguely likable one.

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Anthony L

Didn't think I'd like it but was pleasantly surprised, Paul Kaye is so convincing in his portrayal of Frankie Wilde, a DJ who's always off his head and is going deaf. Really well directed by Michael Dowse, it?s got everything from bitter sweet drama to surreal comedy.… More
Didn't think I'd like it but was pleasantly surprised, Paul Kaye is so convincing in his portrayal of Frankie Wilde, a DJ who's always off his head and is going deaf. Really well directed by Michael Dowse, it?s got everything from bitter sweet drama to surreal comedy. Top film!
Roy G

The film soars on the talent of Paul Kaye's magnificent portrayal of a pop music icon's self abuse, descent into total deafness and rebirth ...
Alexander W

Superb movie comedy slash musical to say the least you going to be entertained if you are a party animal who loves kicking it with your homies
meril l

Loved the coke badger.
Linda K

Great music and inspiring story!
Wu C

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The first half is balls out then it shows it's heart in the second half.
Barry L

Along the same lines as Human Traffic but very very good