Average....theres no rock musician...just a guy who cant settle down....bit of a family history...ok watch

More my parent's cup of tea than mine. David Essex plays such a bastard in this (suppose this means he's a good actor as he seems a nice chap in real life) and Ringo Starr is so annoying you just want to slap him!!!

i so wanted to be this guy, i remember watching this film first time in 1992, and i wanted to give it all up and sell deck chairs on the beach !! bit like now really

The synopsis is quite misleading. The main character doesn't even touch a guitar until the last shot of the film, and the whole film has little to nothing to do with the character's dreams of becoming a rock star, save for a few lines of dialogue and... (read more) The synopsis is quite misleading. The main character doesn't even touch a guitar until the last shot of the film, and the whole film has little to nothing to do with the character's dreams of becoming a rock star, save for a few lines of dialogue and the Elvis posters on his walls. It isn't a bad movie though, it just isn't what they're selling it as. It's quite interesting simply because I (like probably everyone else) am a huge Lennon fan. It does accomplish it's goals in presenting a realistic portrait of life in 1950's England, as Rock n Roll was beginning to take hold. Ringo's small part in the film is great.