Review of It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) by Lee M — 18 Jun 2014
Oh, this is a brilliant movie, an absolute favourite of mine. It's hilarious, edgy, dark, tragic, shocking and hopeful. It has a definite 'Trainspotting' vibe to it and has been cheekily filmed as a sort of mockumentary, with real DJ's being interviewed about the genius of Frankie Wilde and their theories on what happened to him since his disappearance from the scene.
The movie then follows the legendary British DJ as he works the club circuit in Ibiza, loses his hearing, succumbs to drug addiction, fights the coke badger (awesome) and comes out the other side a very different person.
Paul Kaye, wow, what a performance he gives. His take on addiction is so real that at times its hard to look at, and that freakin badger (metaphor) brilliant, hilarious and scary. His agent -what a pig, sweaty, obnoxious and a heart attack waiting to happen.
Loved it when Frankie tuned him out just by turning away. Fantastic soundtrack too. 6/14/14.
This review of It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) was written by Lee M on 18 Jun 2014.
It's All Gone Pete Tong has generally received positive reviews.
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