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Tommy

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United Kingdom · 1975
Rated PG · 1h 51m
Director Ken Russell
Starring Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Elton John
Genre Drama, Music

As a young child, Tommy witnesses the brutal murder of his father, and becomes psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind, making life with his unsympathetic mother difficult. Tommy's tragic life takes a surprising turn when he finds fame, fortune, and adoration in adulthood as a master pinball player.

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TV Guide Magazine by

Ken Russell applies his rococo outpourings to Pete Townshend's rock opera and botches not only the visuals but the fine score.

70

Village Voice by Andrew Sarris

Tommy is turning out to be the kind of movie most people probably like more than they care to admit. Modest charm and unpretentiousness are hardly the qualities that I ever thought I would associate with Ken Russell, but there you are, and there Tommy is. [31 Mar 1975, p.68]

75

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Russell doesn't give a damn about the material he started with, greatest art work of the century or not, and he just goes ahead and gives us one glorious excess after another. He is aided by his performers, especially Ann-Margret, who is simply great as Tommy's mother.

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The New York Times by Vincent Canby

Mr. Russell's Tommy virtually explodes with excitement on the screen. A lot of it is not quite the profound social commentary it pretends to be, but that's beside the point of the fun.

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