Subjective, first-person telling of the life of the greatest punk-rocker of them all. Like so many creatives, Ian DURY had a difficult childhood and worked his life to both overcome it and to prove that he had done so. Like Telstar, we are presented with a populist genius who used his talent to the best of his ability - despite his difficulties in finding self-acceptance and self-respect. Able-bodied people have achieved far less.
Despite good performances, the characterization is a little weak; making these people difficult to relate to. But the real problem here is the lack of a unifying theme to make sense of the events shown. This is reflected in the uncertainty of style between naturalism and Bob FOSSE-style theatrics.
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