Pirates

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Pirates

2021

1h 20m

Comedy

Drama

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New Year's Eve 1999. Cappo, Two Tonne and Kidda drive through London in their tiny Peugeot 205, pumping a live UK garage set from the stereo and arguing about their Avirex jackets and Naf Naf imports. As the eighteen-year-olds step into adulthood they know their lives and friendships are on the brink of change. Determined to end the century on a bang they drive across the city in a desperate search for tickets for the best millennium party EVER.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

A sugar rush of a movie that wants to have fun with an albeit familiar coming-of-age concept but charismatic cast.

Mar 25, 2022

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

The casting is spot on, with Peters especially spry. He can do emotional confusion. He's even better at physical comedy.

Nov 29, 2021

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

The film is as irrepressibly likable as its writer-director, the broadcaster and actor Reggie Yates.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 28, 2021

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Kevin Harley

Radio Times

Pirates plunders familiar genre material to fresh, funny ends, sweetened with an end-of-an-era nostalgia.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 8, 2022

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

Stumbles a bit as it heads across the finish line, but this is a well-made, enjoyable story of friendship in the 90s.

Apr 27, 2022

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Kiara Halls

CBR

Reggie Yates's directorial debut Pirates is an energetic and joyful look at growing up with your boys in turn-of-the millennium London.

Apr 12, 2022

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Roy V

So funny and never stops u from laughing also u can vibe to some of those tunes they play and overall a rlly good movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Louie S

Honestly a good watch, now this is a good movie as it is not to long, it is funny, nothing in this film feels unwanted, honestly a solid watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/05/23

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tom m

It pretends to be something it isn't, it's not a comedy and has very little in the way of plot. Trying to be cool when the characters are thinly written and just acting crazy isn't comedy, it's just bad writing. Predictable direction or lack of, hinders any attempt for the film to be engaging. It just doesn't have a point, or at least provide entertainment let alone have a soul...

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A different kind of comedy, with great acting, some really funny bits and a straightforward plot. Definitely worth trying.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Stumbled onto this on Netflix and so warmly funny and beautifully shot. The script is first class. Great memories of 1999, pirate radio and North London. Wish I'd seen it in the cinema. Is this the film linked to that awkward Reggie Yates interview? Anywho, great job Reggie Yates. Please make more like this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

This felt like it was trying to be Human Traffic, you can tell that the director wasn't old enough to go "raves" or parties back then. The humour felt a bit forced and a bit meh but had its moments. It was ok but not great

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Synopsis

New Year's Eve 1999. Cappo, Two Tonne and Kidda drive through London in their tiny Peugeot 205, pumping a live UK garage set from the stereo and arguing about their Avirex jackets and Naf Naf imports. As the eighteen-year-olds step into adulthood they know their lives and friendships are on the brink of change. Determined to end the century on a bang they drive across the city in a desperate search for tickets for the best millennium party EVER.

Director: Reggie Yates
Producer: Polly Leys, Kate Norrish
Screenwriter: Reggie Yates
Production Co: Hillbilly Films, Magellanic Media
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m

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