It's All Gone Pete Tong

Herald rating: * * *

You'll be getting some good vibrations from this dance music mockumentary. The only thing is, you'll have to wait until the second half.

It's All Gone Pete Tong is about 38-year-old superstar DJ Frankie Wilde, played by British actor and comedian Paul Kaye (formerly known as the celebrity-annoying Dennis Pennis).

And boy, has Frankie lived it up. He owns a flash villa on the island of Ibiza, although most of the money he's made has gone into his wife's wallet or up his nose.

Frankie is big. The biggest DJ in the world. But he's about to lose his hearing.

The first half of the film takes in the excess, the wild womanising, the dance parties at super club Pacha. It also has his hilarious battle with the Cocaine Monster - a figment of Frankie's very trippy imagination.

When he barricades himself inside his house - with mattresses around the walls and over the windows - in a bid for total silence to heal his ears, he loses the plot. This scene is surreally shot and is enough to drive you nuts as well. Thankfully, soon after, Frankie snaps out of it.

While the first half is funny, it would have had more impact if the film was released when dance music was still big. Now, even with the OTT sex, drugs, and dance music stereotypes, it's as tedious as a trance anthem and has a been-there, done-that feel to it.

It's in the touching second half when the real movie starts. Here we see Frankie's recuperation and meet his hot new missus, Penelope (Bartada). It's lovely to see Frankie fall in love, and great to see him stop being a dickhead, because he's a lovable guy. He just went off the rails.

A movie for both rave fans and romantics, It's All Gone Pete Tong will ensure some good vibrations for both your feet and your heart.

CAST: Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot, Pete Tong
DIRECTOR: Michael Dowse
RUNNING TIME: 90 mins
RATING: R16 (drug use, sex scenes, offensive language)
SCREENING: Rialto