Tommy

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CodyZamboni Z I love The Who, but this silly , overlong, tiresome, repetitive annoying borefest was a major miscalculation, Ken Russell provides some clever visuals, But lots of guest stars are wasted, The few bright spots are Elton John as the Pinball Wizard, and Ann-Margret, who puts it out there, in a committed performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review nick s The acting was very stagey so I wasn't drawn into the magic for a moment. Also the camera work was rather lifeless for the trippy musical they were trying to present. But it was a huge effort for a rock group. Remarkable set pieces. Kudos for trying something so ambitious. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Catherine L Pure 70s extravaganza, eccentric, crazy with a great cast and a rollercoaster of a scenario. It's an experience, let yourself roll with it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Shioka O It's an important piece of work in the rock history. Also a cult. Maybe look dated for now, but definitely enjoyable because it has lots of iconic figures and the music is unarguably great made by The Who. Though I personally prefer their original album than the soundtrack. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/19/22 Full Review Taylor L Hey, you. Yeah, you! Wanna see Ann-Margret bathing in a river of beans pouring out of a broken television? Tommy is strange as a concept - a star-studded ensemble filmization of The Who's 1969 rock opera album, it has many of the problems people associate with film adaptations of novels (adding an explicit interpretation to a more subjective art form). All of those different understandings of the mock operetta are all of a sudden given a very literal visual form. It's all a bit quirky with every bit of satirical dialogue rendered as lyrics and boasting a few trippy sequences, but not as insane as you might think; Tommy is more like a softcore predecessor to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the musical stylings of Queen. The film starts off high-energy, with some great early sequences featuring Tina Turner as a dominatrix with a psychedelic Iron Maiden and Elton John's climactic pinball duel (his cover of The Who's original 'Pinball Wizard' might be the most influential part of the film). Unfortunately, once Tommy gets his senses back the movie's mostly on dull autopilot apart from a greasy Keith Moon riding a massive organ/cash register. The structure is messy and the production value isn't great, but some of the silly excess is entertaining, especially when there's a recognizable face around every corner. And I'll watch literally anything with Oliver Reed in it, so... (3/5) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/10/22 Full Review dave s Leave it to director Ken Russell to take The Who's wonderful rock opera Tommy and turn it into a bombastic, muddled, teeth-grinding mess of a movie, the only saving grace being the fact that it was marginally better than his Lisztomania from the same year. Never one to dwell on things like subtlety or finesse, Russell bombards the audience with annoying camerawork, ridiculous editing, countless nonsensical segments, and more prolonged absurdities than any viewer should be exposed to. Tommy was bad when it was released in 1975 and, almost fifty years later, time has not helped it at all. Save yourself some time and aggravation, skip the horror of Russell's film, and just listen to the album. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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