Blinded by the Light - Reviews

This is the rare movie to acknowledge the impact popular music can have on our lives, particularly during the period of your life when you’re struggling to figure out who you are and – more importantly – who you want be.

...captures the experience of being a fan, the pure exhilaration of it, and the sense of your vision opening out to vistas beyond your horizon.

The film’s puppyish enthusiasm – for both Springsteen and the unifying power of music – is potent.

...a tender, heartfelt ode to the music of Bruce Springsteen...

...a glorious and almost terminally pure coming-of-age story about a repressed British Pakistani teen in 1987 Luton whose mind explodes when he discovers an uncool American poet by the name of Bruce Springsteen...

...even when it feels as if we’ve seen this movie before, we’ve never seen it set to the sounds of the Boss, and we’ve never seen it from the point of view of this particular terrific kid and his family.

You don’t need to love Springsteen to like the thoughtful crowd-pleaser Blinded By The Light

...irresistible Springsteen-powered Eighties escapism

...meaningful and deeper than you’d think, with a message that transcends its 1980s British setting, hopefully speaking to people around the world today.

This infectiously charming comedy will leave you humming Springsteen tunes for days -- and cheering when its earnest main character starts living the life he really wants.

... är en feelgood-rulle med stort F. Vill du se en mysig film som "både får dig att skratta och gråta" är det här filmen för dig.

För att vara en rockfilm är ”Blinded by the light” i slutändan charmigt ödmjuk inför syntens förlösande och skyddande vibrationer.

...[har] en god portion af de sommerfuglevækkende øjeblikke, en feel-good film skal have – og det er nu engang dens ærinde.

...som uppväxtskildring och skildring av diaspora vinner filmen bland annat på rena musikalinslag, såklart med Springsteen på soundtracket.

Fullproppad med skön 80-talsmusik och storögd optimism tar sig ”Blinded by the Light” rakt in i hjärtat.

Kærlighed til familien over for personlig udfoldelse er ungdomsfilmens kød og kartofler, men her føles ingen af delene letkøbt.