Nowhere Boy (Blu-ray) R
As a boy all John Lennon needed was love.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 25, 2011
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff & Kristin Scott Thomas | |
Performer: | Thomas Brodie-Sangster & David Morrissey | |
Directed by | Sam Taylor-Wood | |
Screenwriting by | Matt Greenhalgh | |
Composition by | Will Gregory & Goldfrapp | |
Director of Photography: | Seamus McGarvey |
Entertainment Reviews:
Aaron Johnson delivers an affecting performance as a confused Liverpool teenager torn between two mother figures and nurturing creative impulses...
Washington Post
The film has very few historical flaws and is a raw portrayal of John Lennon's adolescence, which adds to the flavour and makes one wish they could discover The Beatles for the first time, all over again.
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Film Inquiry
Director Sam Taylor-Wood weaves this tale with elegance, spot-on costumes and production design, and finely tuned casting.
USA Today
3.5 stars out of 4 -- We learn that the emotional roller coaster of his formative years probably contributed to the complexity of his lyrics.
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 2/4 --
A film of image over substance, something Lennon himself spent a lifetime rejecting. The film not only ignore that, it betrays it.
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From the Front Row
NOWHERE BOY is modest in scope and more rewarding for it, highlighted by particularly strong performances by Thomas and Johnson, and a keen sense of time and place.
A.V. Club
Rating: B --
More love triangle than musical, the effective and often sweet Nowhere Boy offers a sense of the time and tension that produced John Lennon.
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Detroit News
Product Description:
The true story of John Lennon's troubled childhood and difficult relationship with his family is brought to the screen in this period drama. Young John (Alex Ambrose) is a bright but sharp-tongued boy living in the coastal town of Liverpool during the 1950s with his aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas) and uncle George (David Threlfall). John's father walked out on the family when he was four years old, and the boy was given to Mimi to raise, even though his mother, Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), was still alive. While Mimi's straight-laced nature runs counter to John's more reckless personality, they clearly love one another and the household is thrown into chaos when George dies suddenly. At the funeral, teenage John (now played by Aaron Johnson) sees Julia, and learns to his surprise that she lives only a few blocks away from Mimi. John pays her a visit, and Julia gratefully welcomes him back into her life. Julia's personality is a much closer fit to John than Mimi, and she encourages his love for writing and music, teaching him to play the banjo. However, John's renewed relationship with Julia brings up a number of unanswered questions, and causes new tensions between Mimi and John. And as rock & roll becomes the hot new sound of the day, John falls in love with the bold new music and makes a friend who is interested in forming a band, Paul (Thomas Brodie Sangster). The first feature film from artist-turned-director Sam Taylor-Wood, NOWHERE BOY was the closing night attraction at the 2009 BFI London Film Festival.
Keywords:
Coming Of Age
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Teenage
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Family Life
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Music
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Rock Bands
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Friendships
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Teenagers
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Musicians
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Biographical