In '70s London, a 14 year-old boy is introduced to the Clash by his estranged mother. It changes his life forever.
Director: Derrick Borte
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Daniel Huttlestone, Dougray Scott.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1724597/
Watched online, ok print.
No songs in the Soundtracks, several onscreen.
This is very Brit, but had some US funding (per IMDb), so it landed on my list.
This teen comes of age the hard way, because his father lands in hospital, and his mum left home long ago. His gf teaches him how to drive so he can earn $$ with dad's taxi at night, and he tries to manage the music store during the day. (Is it summer?) When little sister gets sick, he takes her to find their mum (he'd already done a prior run, didn't locate her, but confirmed where she might be.) Mum is a wannabe singer and established drugee, but has a friend or two who can help watch the sis. The cab gets repossessed, and the kid changes the nature of the music shop (switches from pianos to electric guitars), and invites The Clash to perform at the re-opening of the store. Dad arrives on crutches, a fairly large unhappy crowd are demanding The Clash (not yet arrived), and things look ugly. But the singer arrives and performs. The End.
The kid takes on a lot, and it's rather unbelievable. The film's not trying to be a fairy tale; the only singing is actual entertainment for the inhabitants.
Didn't do a thing for me.
Rated 6.4 (1,709)
distr. IFC Films, dir. Borte; 5
