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Tommy 111 minutes, UK (1975), 15
(3.5)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
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Average user rating (4.5 / 39 votes)

A pompous, overwrought slurry of unintelligible psychedelia, gigantic egos and ridiculous costumes. Worth watching, just in case you ever took The Who seriously. Ken Russell directs

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Tommy: The Who's pomp-rock opera about fickle hero-worship tracks Daltrey's ascension from deaf, dumb and blind kid to penny arcade saviour. Russell's adaptation is as overblown as its plot-line.

After his father dies, young Daltrey falls into a funk. The only stimulation to which he'll respond is a pinball machine...
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