Nowhere Boy (DVD) Reviews
Description:Genre: Drama / Suitable for 15 years and over / Director: Sam Taylor Wood / Actors: Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey ... / Features of the DVD: PAL
Newest Review: ... vulnerable side. Finally, Julia (Lennon's real mother) initially appears to be a free-spirit, untouched by the worries and ... more
... concerns of life, before again showing a darker, more vulnerable aspect of her character.
These character arcs are important, because they make the characters feel like the living, breathing people that they were, rather than mere players in a made-up tale. Their backstories are explored, their attitudes, ideas and feelings and general outlook on life firmly defined. Of course you might reasonably expect this, given that they are based on real people, but all too many biopics forget that characters need to be human as w...more
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Nowhere Boy (DVD): He's a Real Nowhere Man (1185 words)by - written on 10/06/13 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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Although I was born and raised near Liverpool and (inevitably) own the Sergeant Pepper album, I've never been a massive fan of the Beatles. Perhaps that's why Nowhere Boy, the story of John Lennon's early years, passed me by when it was at the cinema. In fairness, though, it only received a relatively limited release and I suspect that it passed a lot of other people by too; which is a shame because it's really rather good. This is one of those films that was co-financed by the National Lottery and Film4 and it shows. I don't mean that in a derogatory sense; rather in a very positive way. It's exactly the sort of film which the British film industry (what's ... Read the complete review
John Lennon: The Early Years (1026 words)by - written on 31/01/10 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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Have you been to Liverpool recently? If you've ever hit the tourist trail there, you'd be hard put not to stumble across something to do with the Beatles. Hard to imagine, then, that by the end of the 70's there was scarcely anything in the city to mark the fact that the supergroup ever existed. Even when Cavern Walks and the Eleanor Rigby statue came along in the 80's, you would have had to do some serious research before tracking down any of the Fab Four's hangouts. Nowadays, it's the basis of an industry. So if you're a Beatles fan, you'll need no telling that the title of this film is an allusion to their hit song "Nowhere Man", and is about the ... Read the complete review
Nowhere Boy (DVD): A slice of John Lennon's young life (1862 words)by - written on 06/01/13 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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RELEASED: 2009, Cert. 15 RUNNING TIME: Approx. 98 mins DIRECTOR: Sam Taylor-Johnson PRODUCERS: Robert Bernstein, Kevin Loader & Douglas Rae SCREENPLAY: Matt Greenhalgh MUSIC: Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory MAIN CAST:- Aaron Taylor-Johnson as John Lennon Kristin Scott Thomas as Aunt Mimi Anne-Marie Duff as Julia Lennon David Threlfall as Uncle George Josh Bolt as Pete Shotton Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Paul McCartney Sam Bell as George Harrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FILM ONLY REVIEW Nowhere Boy is a film ... Read the complete review
by - written on 01/02/10 (Very useful, 95 readings)
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Being a non-Scouser living in Liverpool and a big Beatles fan, it was pretty obvious that I was going to go and see this look at Lennon's early years - the period where he first got interested in rock'n'roll to just before the Beatles go to Hamburg (a period the film 'Backbeat' looks at). However, the film isn't really about the Beatles, (the name is not even mentioned), it's about Lennon's (played by Aaron Johnson) relationships with his family and his complicated childhood. Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi (Kirsten Scott-Thomas) and rarely sees his mother (Ann-Marie Duff) but over the course of the film discovers more about his troubled childhood, get to ... Read the complete review
by - written on 25/08/11 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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Recently I've been watching a lot of documentaries or dramas about musicians and bands and Nowhere Boy is the most recent one I watched. I have to admit I have no interest in the solo careers of any of The Beatles and don't really like anything after Revolver except The White Album. I find Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club to be one of the most over-rated albums of all time and I wasn't really sure if I'd like this film, I soon got into it though and to be honest it's not really about The Beatles. Being such a succesful and well known band and the exposure everyone has to them, it's easy to forget their relatively working class roots and this film ... Read the complete review
