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Absolute Beginners
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| Release Date: |
18 April, 1986 |
| Director: |
Julien Temple |
Staring: |
Patsy Kensit, Eddie O’’Connell, David Bowie |
| Studio: |
M G M, Inc |
| Rated: |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
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Amazon.com Customer Reviews
 Rated 4 out of 5
Interesting Film
There’’s a movie musical somewhere in David Bowie’’s talent, but I’’m not sure this is it. Don’’t be deceived by the cover, David’’s only a minor bit in this.The sets and lights are spectacular here, and the music’’s pretty good. I like the Sade song. Some of the British accent’’s a bit hard to catch, (I turned on the captions for the "Ted’’s not Dead" song) Disappointing extras, and not even a copy of the film’’s preview. I’’m never really partial to slide shows of promotional photos. I think this film just came out at a time when musicals weren’’t popular. It probably would have fared better if released today. I’’m sure some Broadway producer will be ... over it soon, given their proclivity to turn movies and TV shows into Broadway musicals.  Rated 5 out of 5!
One of my Favorite Movies from the 80s
This is a very visually captivating film based on the fervent and poetic novel by Colin MacInnes. The film creates a surreal world where teenagers frolic in a frenzied London in the late 50’’s jazz based existence, paralleling outlandishly produced 80s music videos. I love it. Directed by Julien Temple we see corruption of youth by the inevitable commercialization of them by the parasitical establishment in this stylized parable of a generation in evolution. Patsy Kensit is pretty to look and with a name to match as Crepe Suzette.
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