Friday, June 24, 2011
TRIANGLE
Today's movie was
the probably apocryphal story of John Lennon's late teens and his relationships with his aunt, with whom he lived for many years, and his mother who was in hiding, in plain sight, from him. When he meets his mother the two women in his life become formative. It is a kind of triangle, actually a good, if painful, one.
On top of this is the more or less true story, they say, of his finding music, finding Paul, finding his skill as a poet (and cartoonist) and Paul and he finding George.
No Ringo yet.
A lot of this film is fun, it is very well acted and it is a relief that they have made little attempt to make John and Paul look like the real thing. It is in the spirit of the two, really.
Aaron Johnson is wonderful as John. Kristin Scott-Thomas is Aunt Mimi and Anne-Marie Duff as his Mum.
I really enjoyed watching this film and would not mind seeing it again.
It is a 4 out of Netflix5.
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