Good Vibrations (2012) poster
2012 · music · drama

Good Vibrations

Directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn1h 51m2012
ElsewhereIMDb7.26kRT95%
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle music / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.

Our read · Good Vibrations (2012) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded music · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a fun energetic story of punk rock and a record shop thriving in Troubles-era Belfast.

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 10attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou have zero interest in music history or 1970s punk culture.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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