The Pebble and the Boy

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The Pebble and the Boy

2021

1h 41m

Drama

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Inspired by the album track of the same name, The Pebble and the Boy is a modern day road trip of discovery for nineteen year old John Parker who sets off on an eventful journey from Manchester on his late father's Lambretta to scatter the dead man's ashes into the sea in Brighton, spiritual home of the Mods. When John's estranged father is knocked off his scooter and killed in an accident, John finds himself inheriting a home dominated by memories of him in the shape of Paul Weller memorabilia, a fish tail parka and a dented Lambretta.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

The result is an exercise in retro-upon-retro nostalgia that feels as ill-defined as a Xerox of a Xerox, though die-hard dad mods will thrill to its styling and soundtrack.

Nov 17, 2021

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

This clueless road movie is hampered by a dud screenplay from the writer-director Chris Green and a plethora of painful stock characters.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2021

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

Seems thin and overstretched, exactly what results when you make a movie from little but nostalgia.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 26, 2021

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Tim Brennan

About Boulder

The Pebble and the Boy is a spectacularly English film with some baffling cultural aspects. At the heart of it is a journey and destination we can all recognize.

Dec 14, 2021

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Tom Cassidy

Common Sense Media

Ultimately the film aims high and means well, but in the end it's just froth for enthusiastic Weller fans or obsessives of the Mod culture.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 8, 2021

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Peter Gray

This is Film

A simple but effective film, The Pebble and the Boy may not take an exciting route with its journey, but the destination, familiar as it is, is no less warm and comforting.

Dec 1, 2021

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Thomas B

Had very low expectations of this film but it's actually not bad. Best viewed as a feel good low budget British road trip film rather than a second Quadrophenia. Yes some of the middle aged mod characters are a bit ridiculous but so what.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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Arantzazu L

Terrible movie, the plot is dismal, the characters are so unlikable it's impossible to feel any empathy for their predicament. If you like mod culture or cinema, just don't waste your time. It's so awful I can't even describe everything that's wrong with it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Tim P

Everyone in the cinema enjoyed it and many were smiling and clearly reminiscing afterwards. A fair plot and whilst some will doubtless be lost by the era and goings on, others will love the locations and whole ambience.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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John M

A truly awful film. The one star is for the soundtrack, but it surprises me that Weller allowed his music to be associated with this dud. Truly awful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/06/22

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james r

Cringy. Very, very cringy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Inspired by the album track of the same name, The Pebble and the Boy is a modern day road trip of discovery for nineteen year old John Parker who sets off on an eventful journey from Manchester on his late father's Lambretta to scatter the dead man's ashes into the sea in Brighton, spiritual home of the Mods. When John's estranged father is knocked off his scooter and killed in an accident, John finds himself inheriting a home dominated by memories of him in the shape of Paul Weller memorabilia, a fish tail parka and a dented Lambretta.

Director: Chris Green
Producer: Michael Knowles
Screenwriter: Chris Green, Chris Green
Production Co: NOW Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 41m

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