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Quadrophenia 1979
Like many other youths, Jimmy is a teenager dissatisfied with family, work, and love. Only when he';s together with his friends, a ';Mod'; clique, cruises London on his motor-scooter and hears music such as that of ';The Who'; and ';The High Numbers';, he feels free and accepted. However, it';s a flight into an illusionary world.
July 16, 1937 in London, England, UK
19 September 1946, Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
27 February 1939, London, England, UK
22 April 1923, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
September 22, 1952 in Clapham, London, England, UK
5 November 1949, London, England, UK
2 March 1952, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
8 March 1938, London, England, UK
2 October 1958, London, England, UK
January 26, 2008
The film lives through the superb raw angst-ridden performance of Phil Daniels.
December 27, 2013
Roddam's look back at an angsty young man in '65 is a throwback to the kitchen-sink dramas that began plumbing the depths of lower-class lives then. Reeking with a restless teen spirit, Quadrophenia leads us down adolescence's blind alleys of rebellion.
June 13, 2001
Quadrophenia succeeds through its devil-may-care attitude and energy. It feels like a low-budget homemade movie from the period.
September 04, 2012
An anti-musical...based on The Who's 1973 "rock opera" concept album...all the more brilliant for this seemingly counter-intuitive approach. [Blu-ray]
September 13, 2007
"Quadrophenia" is a glorious representational story of male teen angst that transcends its British locations and great music with a sense of the confused romantic notions that young men the world over carry with them.
August 29, 2012
When you're an angry young man, there's no better way to prove you're an individual than to dress and act exactly like everybody else.
January 07, 2004
Disappointing film version of a great concept album.
September 12, 2012
Director Franc Roddam shot the film with a gritty, realistic feel and the themes of youthful rebellion and confusion are absolutely timeless, magnified by the specificity of the setting rather than being limited by it.
