This could have been a great movie, the subject is a good one and it had enough real pop stars to make it work, but it didn't.
David Essex looks the part but his acting is wooden and unconvincing. Ringo Starr was much better and could have had a career in acting.
What is disturbing is the distasteful content that others have mentioned. The lead character is not a nice person but maybe he reflects how some ambitious would be pop stars are?
Having watched this over 40 years ago and watching it now, it shows how tolerant society was back then regarding some very distasteful issues. Showing the films lead character raping an underage girl with no consequences would be unthinkable today, and quite rightly so.
Review of That'll Be the Day
