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Blinded by the Light (2019)

Directed by Gurinder Chadha

Drama | Music

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, sensoria

Overview

In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

Length 118 minutes

Actors

Viveik Kalra | Nell Williams | Hayley Atwell | Kulvinder Ghir | Aaron Phagura | Dean-Charles Chapman | Meera Ganatra | Nikita Mehta | Tara Divina | Rob Brydon | Frankie Fox | Sally Phillips | Sofia Abbasi | Asheq Akhtar | Vincent Andriano | David Hayman | Lorraine Ashbourne | Marcus Brigstocke | Olivia Poulet | Jeff Mirza | Kit Reeve | Ronak Chadha Berges | Billy Barratt | Kriss Dosanjh | James Ballanger | Kumiko Chadha Berges | Robert Ryan | Lee Barnett

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
08/19/2019Movie ScreenDigitalTheater7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Really the only movie I haven’t seen that would work for this double feature I’m gonna attempt to pull off…

Damn this movie is really good. Actually shocked at how much it affected me. Here I thought it was a “oh I like Bruce Springsteen and his music so I wanna see The Boss” flick when it’s really about how a young writer is inspired in the unlikeliest of ways and also fights the xenophobia in his town while dealing w/family issues (doing want he wants versus what is expected). good stuff.

Another neat thing is all the Springsteen music taking me back to a precise place in time of my own life which I didn’t anticipate. Sincerely made me nostalgic and had me tearing up on a few occasions (in addition to the pure joy of certain sequences). Glad I chose to see this!

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