Nowhere Boy has just about enough music and biographical detail to appeal to Lennon and Beatles fans but it's far more intimate than the typical rock star biopic.
Nowhere Boy (2009)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:3
Rotten:1
Average Rating:N/A
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Reviews for Nowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy has striking emotional depth, a spot-on sense of period, and a central performance of remarkable texture and nuance from newcomer Aaron Johnson.
Visual artist Sam Taylor-Wood casts aside her moody conceptual art and directs a stunning debut feature - straight and true, perfectly nailing the drama of this ever so slightly nostalgic look at John Lennon's formative years, and the drama of the two wom
There is something a bit bland, a bit kitchen sink, a bit telemovie, about this portrait of the artist as a young man.
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