London Town

Name: London Town
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Released: October 7, 2016
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 46

2016

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IFC Films | Release Date: October 7, 2016 | R

Summary: Experience the music and energy of the 1970s punk underground. When fifteen-year-old Shay (Daniel Huttlestone) hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart ofExperience the music and energy of the 1970s punk underground. When fifteen-year-old Shay (Daniel Huttlestone) hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life, falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian (Nell Williams) and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Derrick Borte

Genre(s): Drama, Music, Musical

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Tom Keogh

Oct 13, 2016

With its boyhood-to-manhood tropes (growing up means getting a girl’s attention and winning an idol’s respect), London Town can’t be taken too seriously. But it’s nice to see part of the Clash’s populist legacy in a fan’s journey. Read full review

Keith Watson

Oct 3, 2016

The film evinces a clear-eyed sense of the limits that a capitalistic society places on its working class. Read full review

Robert Abele

Oct 5, 2016

The fantasy of a punk icon for a friend is one thing, but the filmmakers undercut the modest liveliness of their enterprise with a save-the-day storyline that seems far removed from the roiling, anti-authoritative ethos of punk. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Oct 5, 2016

All the ingredients for a gritty — if familiar — coming-of-age story are here. But London Town, though spirited, is consistently tension-free. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Oct 6, 2016

An awkward merger of wide-eyed innocence and political unrest, Derrick Borte’s sweet, almost sugary picture wants to rock but never finds the gumption. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Oct 7, 2016

The movie’s impersonal, conventional telling of a reasonably standard male coming-of-age story almost tends to make the punk milieu it depicts beside the point. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 14, 2016

The raw vigor and protest of punk get co-opted by the movie’s coming-of-age story; it’s not the heartfelt sweetness that’s the chief problem, but how run-of-the-mill and derivative the plot is. Read full review

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