I saw this when it first came out in 1975. I had to go with my Mother but would not walk into the theatre with her (but she paid). I was worried that if some of my friends were there, they would see me with her and that would be the ultimate humiliation, seeing "Tommy" with your Mom. When you're 15, that counts for everything.
Well now that I am my Mom's age, I should call her and thank her for tolerating this. It is a little too long and you have to be in a great (I mean GREAT) mood to enjoy any of Ken Russell's movies. The acting is all good and I don't care that Oliver Reed can't sing, he does his job. Ann-Margret is great and I can't think of anyone else who could have played her role, at the time. The movie is not a rock classic, in my book anyway, but it was worth seeing again.
Well now that I am my Mom's age, I should call her and thank her for tolerating this. It is a little too long and you have to be in a great (I mean GREAT) mood to enjoy any of Ken Russell's movies. The acting is all good and I don't care that Oliver Reed can't sing, he does his job. Ann-Margret is great and I can't think of anyone else who could have played her role, at the time. The movie is not a rock classic, in my book anyway, but it was worth seeing again.