A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Absolute Beginners has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Jun 1997
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Absolute Beginners was released in 1986 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 51 reviews, giving Absolute Beginners (1986) an average rating of 54%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 65%.
With a score of 54%, Absolute Beginners is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1986, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1986 with similar scores include films like The Golden Child and Poltergeist II: The Other Side.
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