A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. Despite Mimi's misgivings, John intends to have a real relationship with his mother. Julia introduces him to popular music and the banjo and, though a family conflict looms, young John is inspired to form his own band.
Nowhere Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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Nowhere Boy was released in 2009 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 659 reviews, giving Nowhere Boy (2009) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 70%.
With a score of 71%, Nowhere Boy is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2009 with similar scores include films like Sherlock Holmes, Drag Me to Hell and Watchmen.
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