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Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.
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Robert James-Collier
- Mr Milligan
- (as Rob James Collier)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe actual concert with The Stone Roses was held on May 27, 1990.
- GoofsWhen Ibiza Ste is selecting a song to play on the jukebox, one of the options is "Ten Storey Love Song" by The Stone Roses. This song was released in 1995, but the film is set in 1990, 3 days before the Spike Island gig.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Making of Spike Island (2013)
- SoundtracksShe Bangs the Drums
Written by Ian Brown & John Squire
Performed by The Stone Roses
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Featured review
Not just for Stone Roses fans.
I didn't watch this movie for the Stone Roses reference, The Stone Roses are of no particular interest of mine, I have nothing against them it's just the music simply isn't my scene.
Having read reviews on here after watching this movie, I seemed to rate it more than many others and the factor which I believed allowed me to enjoy it more, was ironically, my non-existing interest in The Stone Roses. If you went into this movie solely on the basis that it is marketed with the Stone Roses i believe you would be disappointed. Spike Island is a run of the mill, coming of age, British indie flick. It's a very familiar story, Five lads from Manchester who are all in their last year of school travel to Spike Island in hope of watching the Stone Roses in concert. The usual story of falling outs, romance, friendship, loyalty and most of all growing up are covered in this movie. The Stone Roses are really a back story, a focal point of their interests but it is not relevant in the story or character development. The acting is good, but the characters lack any real substance. They all seem very clichéd and predictable, the manc accent is also overdone at times, we get that you're from Manchester, its based around the Stone Roses!
Overall Spike Island is a feel good, entertaining watch with good acting and a pleasant if not clichéd, storyline.
7/10
Having read reviews on here after watching this movie, I seemed to rate it more than many others and the factor which I believed allowed me to enjoy it more, was ironically, my non-existing interest in The Stone Roses. If you went into this movie solely on the basis that it is marketed with the Stone Roses i believe you would be disappointed. Spike Island is a run of the mill, coming of age, British indie flick. It's a very familiar story, Five lads from Manchester who are all in their last year of school travel to Spike Island in hope of watching the Stone Roses in concert. The usual story of falling outs, romance, friendship, loyalty and most of all growing up are covered in this movie. The Stone Roses are really a back story, a focal point of their interests but it is not relevant in the story or character development. The acting is good, but the characters lack any real substance. They all seem very clichéd and predictable, the manc accent is also overdone at times, we get that you're from Manchester, its based around the Stone Roses!
Overall Spike Island is a feel good, entertaining watch with good acting and a pleasant if not clichéd, storyline.
7/10
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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