Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 18 Jun 2009
Review of Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 18 Jun 2009
Review of Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
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Review of Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
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Telstar: The Joe Meek Story was released in 2008 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 71 reviews, giving Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Telstar: The Joe Meek Story than critics were.
With a score of 62%, Telstar: The Joe Meek Story is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like 21, Wanted and Sex and the City.
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