Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Paul Nicholls

Life story of Joe Meek, the British musical genius and so-called founder of British pop music.

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73% liked it

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83% liked it

23 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Nick Moran

Release Date: May 30, 2009

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  • November 22, 2009
    It took Nick Moran the best part of 12 years to get this made. And the end result's screamingly energetic, wildly uneven, gay as a goose and at times, utter genius. As a Joe Meek biopic, it's perfect.
  • December 1, 2009
    strange from start to finish... really sad story about a genius madman and true excentric... this being said there wasnt really one normal character through the whole thing. (- spacey is fucking odd.)

    as i didnt have knowledge on the musical era, the most interesting part was se...( read more)eing the character updates at the end and what happened to them.
  • November 23, 2009
    brilliant to relive the 60`s music. it helped to be familiar with the characters and events. what a genius joe meek was even though slighly flawed. thoroughly enjoye the film will add it to dvd collection on release
  • September 26, 2009
    Really good cast, just generally good movie.
  • August 14, 2009
    outstanding a must see for all music fans
  • June 23, 2009
    Nick Moran's biopic of Britain's answer to Phil spector showcases a superb performance from Con O'Neill in the lead, with fine support from Kevin Spacey, Tom Burke, J.J. Field and Pam Ferris.

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June 19, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

By the film's end we feel we have had too much of a good thing - but since that is what the hero died of, it seems an appropriate sensation to leave us with. full review

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