My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. It is set in 1987 and 1988 Luton, England, just a ways up the M1 from London. This is a story inspired by author Sarfraz Manzoor and his experiences as a Pakistani boy growing up in Luton.
The boy is a school nerd of sorts, choosing to study and have aspirations to go to college, to study to be a writer. And also to get a distance away from his overbearing father. Another boy at school loans him a cassette tape of Bruce Springsteen music and those lyrics indelibly change his outlook.
Part of the story is his winning a writing contest and earning a paid trip to Monmouth College, in New Jersey, which gave him an opportunity to explore Springsteen's stomping grounds. This movie is not a tribute to Springsteen, it is simply a tribute to anyone who gets inspired by the words of others to redirect their lives and get on a path of achievement. In this case it jjust happened to be Springsteen.
Good, interesting story with lots of humor and a focus on family values.
(NB: In 1996 my wife and I spent some time in Milton Keynes and Stony Stratford, just a short ways north of Luton. Seeing the town and the rural shots brought back good memories.)
The boy is a school nerd of sorts, choosing to study and have aspirations to go to college, to study to be a writer. And also to get a distance away from his overbearing father. Another boy at school loans him a cassette tape of Bruce Springsteen music and those lyrics indelibly change his outlook.
Part of the story is his winning a writing contest and earning a paid trip to Monmouth College, in New Jersey, which gave him an opportunity to explore Springsteen's stomping grounds. This movie is not a tribute to Springsteen, it is simply a tribute to anyone who gets inspired by the words of others to redirect their lives and get on a path of achievement. In this case it jjust happened to be Springsteen.
Good, interesting story with lots of humor and a focus on family values.
(NB: In 1996 my wife and I spent some time in Milton Keynes and Stony Stratford, just a short ways north of Luton. Seeing the town and the rural shots brought back good memories.)