Review of Nowhere Boy (2009) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 03 Feb 2015
The script, adapted by Matt Greenhalgh from a memoir by Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird, is flagrantly Oedipal; almost every scene between John and his mother is sexually charged. The curse is taken off most of these encounters by Anne-Marie Duff's eloquent work in the mother's role.
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This review of Nowhere Boy (2009) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 03 Feb 2015.
Nowhere Boy has generally received positive reviews.
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