An ingenious docudrama on the Manchester music scene of the 1980s and '90s. 24 Hour Party People traces the rise and fall of bands like Joy Division, New Order, and Happy Mondays--bands whose success in the U.S. was limited, but whose impact in Europe (and England in particular) was phenomenal. It all centers around the record label that spawned these bands, Factory Records, and its impresario Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan), a man both ludicrous in his self-absorption and brilliant in his willingness to go out on a limb for bands he likes. Coogan, a British comic, gives a remarkable and deeply funny performance that manages to be simultaneously sincere and ironic. The movie communicates what was great about this time without any false majesty--the squalor and disasters are as crucial to this portrait as the wild successes. The soundtrack, of course, is superb.
terrible trailer, decent movie.
curranbell 3 days ago
A shame i have never fully watched this movie.
jamirosmajicrocks 1 week ago
Manchester...where strangers talk to each other in the street. where friends call each other 'love' and 'darling'....and mean it!
20 nobel prize winners are from...Manchester. The atom was first split in..Manchester. The first test tube baby was conceived in...Manchester. The largest university in europe is in...Manchester. etc etc etc....we are the dogs bollocks!
juliecarson100 4 weeks ago
very good movie!
thesnowmenonthebeach 2 months ago
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART!<3
phoney98 2 months ago
This film is immense, bands like joy division and the happy Mondays defined the musical movement that is post-punk, the hacienda was a cathedral to all these bands, god bless the hacienda
JEDrummer100 3 months ago
I see kids these days playing pop bands on their ipods... bands who no one will remember next year, let alone in ten or twenty... and my heart bleeds for them. I was young and Mancunian during the best time to be young, let alone Mancunian.
GhibliFan1 4 months ago
@serraios I THOUGHT it sounded familiar. I see Gazza and Lineker on the field now ;)
swanky23 7 months ago
@swanky23 New Order - World In Motion. It was the official England song for the 1990 world cup.
serraios 7 months ago
What's the song at the end? New Order? It's cool.
swanky23 7 months ago