Quadrophenia

Name: Quadrophenia
Genre: Drama, Music

United Kingdom · 1979
Rated R · 2h 0m
Director Franc Roddam
Starring Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Phil Davis, Mark Wingett
Genre Drama, Music

Postal worker Jimmy Cooper joins a motorcycle gang — but after he bears witness to mounting tensions with a rival gang, he must decide between returning to his dead-end job or life with the Mods. Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who.

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Variety by

Sting, as the weekend super-Mod whose image collapses when he's revealed to work as a bellhop, cuts a slick dash in the dancehall sequences.

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Village Voice by Amy Taubin

It remains one of the most wrenching films about adolescent angst, thanks largely to the performance of Phil Daniels.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

Roddam's minor but imaginative 1979 movie.

New Times (L.A.) by Gregory Weinkauf

As a document of rockin, youth rebellion, the film lodges perfectly between "American Graffiti" and "Trainspotting."

L.A. Weekly by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

This ode to wrestling one's way out of youth's shell holds up surprisingly well.

Chicago Tribune by Mark Caro

Plays more like a gritty, episodic British independent film powered by a soundtrack of Who songs that illuminate the main character's turbulent emotions.