The Nowhere Boy

We watched The Nowhere Boy, the biopic about the young John Lennon last night. I warned Ali that she would probably cry, and the film did indeed leave her a wreck.

It was very well put together, and the feel of 1958 was pretty accurate (even though I wasn't around at the time, I spotted the strange fences that were common when I was young, oddly shaped lengths of wood bound together with wire, and buses and bus shelters that rang true. I don't recall ever seeing anyone hitch a ride on the top of double deckers though, but I was on the east, and who knows what those scousers got up to!

The tale of loss and betrayal John felt is well documented, but this film brought the relationship with John, his mother and Mimi into sharp focus.

Well worth watching.