personal responsibility in a fable

Rating: 9/10 (30 November 2006)

Pete Townshend of the Who must have had a good reason to work on this. Watch it and you will see.
Every boy wants to be the Hogarth, Every man, to be Dean. Every one wants to hate Kent, and all that that implies.
Whether you relate to Hogarth, his mother Annie, the beatnik Dean or the General, you will find a reason to relate to this movie. The stereotypes from the 1950s America are not so blatant as to make this movie stilted. It pulls off the era with the same smooth aplomb as Back to the Future. The staging is professional, the soundtrack excellent. The only tragedy is that they did not go on to make more with this tight production team.
Watch with your son, with your father, with your heart.