Torpid comedy, a would-be free-for-all mired in a rabble-rousing rut, concerns radio disc-jockeys banding together to prevent the hostile takeover of their station by corporate suits. The trouble with these kinds of plots, where the good guys are goofy rebels and the bad guys are smarmy jerks in ties, is that the filmmakers have to give us something to go on in the way of character development in order to make us care--and most don't have the wit or the energy to do so. "FM" is all a contrivance; we're automatically supposed to be charmed by the hard-working DJs and hiss the big business bullies. I didn't particularly find the wacky DJs charming, while the live concert scenes with Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett aren't anything special (they have nothing to do with the story, anyway). The film might appeal to fans of the TV sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" (which may have been inspired by this mess), but others should find comfort in a different station. * from ****
Review of FM
