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Poster for Pirates

Pirates

2021 · 80 min

A buoyant, good-natured night out with friends, buzzing with music and banter, easy to enjoy and warmly nostalgic.

Tagline
Get ready for the party of the year.
Overview
On New Year's Eve 1999, three friends, who are attempting to break into the music scene through pirate radio, drive through London in a desperate search for tickets for the best millennium party ever.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • music
  • coming-of-age
  • ambition
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, music
Directed by
Reggie Yates
Written by
Reggie Yates
Starring
Elliot Edusah, Jordan Peters, Reda Elazouar, Kassius Nelson, Youssef Kerkour, Rebekah Murrell, Aaron Shosanya, Tosin Cole
Cinematography
Rachel Clark
Runtime
80 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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