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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Metacritic 85/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 2,452 2000s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
532 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael WinterbottomDirector
- Frank Cottrell BoyceScreenplay
Cast
- Steve CooganTony Wilson
- Lennie JamesAlan
- Paddy ConsidineRob
- Shirley HendersonLindsay
- Andy SerkisMartin
- John SimmBernard
- Ralf LittleHooky
- Danny CunninghamShaun
- Sean HarrisIan
- Kate MagowanYvette
- John ThomsonCharles
- Peter KayDon Tonay
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