Saturday, December 14, 2013

Absolute Beginners (1986)


A nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with a model, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world.

Splashy and colorful, but silly musical by a director you would have expected more exotravagant fair, and better music.

Halliwell (no star): "Deafening, mindless, musical, multi-screen pot-pourri of teen culture which sadly needs narrative links, not to mention better music and firmer control."

Maltin**1/2: "Energetic, original musical...Highly stylized film (directed by music-video veteran Temple) suffers from two-dimensional characters and a misguided attempt to add substance by dealing with the rise of racism in England...but its virtues almost outweigh its shortcomings."


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