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The Pebble and the Boy
UK 2021
produced by Michael Knowles, Jo Mifsud, Neil Primett (executive), Martin Riley (executive), Chris Green (executive), Ray Boucher (executive), Steve Caunce (executive), Patsy Kensit (associate) for NOW Films
directed by Chris Green
starring Patrick McNamee, Sacha Parkinson, Max Boast, Christine Tremarco, Patsy Kensit, Ricci Harnett, Stuart Wolfenden, Mark Sheals, Emma Stansfield, Jesse Birdsall, Brian Croucher, Mani, Charlotte Tyree, Jamie Lomas, Julian Clapton, James Mackie, Adam Nicholls, Chez Davis, Alice Kerrigan, Dylan Pinnell, John Warburton, Sue Warburton, Paul Arnill, Vicky Arnill, Jack Holden, Daniel Parkinson, Sea Jays, Chris Alamaniotis, Jack Southam, Adele Fearn, Robbie Conway, Orla Poole, Neil PRimett, Stephen Hanna, Nick Noble, Paddy Mangan, John Lasseter, Jo Mifsud, Brandon Gutierrez, Daniel Jake Rogers
written by Chris Green, music by Ian Livingstone
review by Mike Haberfelner
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At the funeral of his estranged father, teenaged John (Patrick McNamee)
finds out his old man has been a big name in the mod scene back in the
1980s, what with many former mods showing up on their scooters and in full
regalia. This inspires John to take his ashes to mod mecca Brighton and
scatter them on the beach, taking his dad's Lambretta for the ride and
wearing his parka. He's soon joined by Nicki (Sacha Parkinson), a girl
roughly his age and daughter of one of dad's mod friends who's mostly
along for the adventure - and for the Paul Weller concert, tickets for
which dad has also left John. However, as enthusiastic John had been at
the beginning of the trip, his resolve soon wanes, also because he feels
unable to identify with mod culture, and he needs more and more pushing
from Nicki. And it's not long before their money runs out as well, so they
stop at Nicki's uncle (Ricci Harnett) and aunt (Patsy Kensit), who's happy
to help them out with more than enough cash - but forces them to take his
son Logan (Max Boast) along for the ride. And Logan is quite a bit
obnoxious, so much so that John eventually splits up with the others -
forgetting that they have the others, and once in Brighton he's forced to
sleep in a boat. What's worse though is that in Brighton he feels less in
touch with his father than ever, as the city's attraction is as lost on
him as mod culture as such, but Nicki pretty much forces him to try and
find out more about his dad - which at first works wonders, as it turns
out dad was quite a celebrity around these parts. But then John learns
that his old man has also got into a fight with a rocker and crippled him
in the process, which is all that he needs to be thrown completely off
course ... Now granted, it helps to be at least a little into
mod culture to enjoy the film, as much that is shown here harks back to
the second mod era of the late 1970s/early 80s, including of course many
of the tunes played in the film. But the mod-background is really only
secondary to the story about (self-)discovery and finding one's identity -
which sounds contradictory as the film's protagonist tries to track down
the truth about his dad, but really isn't. And the film's subtly enough
directed to give its fine ensemble the required air to breathe, but
manages to avoid the cheesy aspects of the story thanks to a certain
light-footedness and just the right dose of humour, to make this one
pretty cool watch.
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