Good Vibrations

This week's most rewarding drama pick in Australia on Beamafilm, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and Fawesome is Good Vibrations. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. 117 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Richard Dormer — one of the stronger performances out there right now. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Beamafilm.

Good Vibrations arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Good Vibrations trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. 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. The performances from Richard Dormer and Jodie Whittaker give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. Good Vibrations came out in 2012. Good Vibrations resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Good Vibrations delivers. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Richard Dormer is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

Good Vibrations was released in 2012, directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa. The full 111-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.