Nowhere Boy

Anyone expecting a film debut by a renowned British artist as original and thought-provoking as Steve McQueen's Hunger will be sorely disappointed. Nowhere Boy is an adequate (but no more) biopic but lacks anything to distinguish it from the pack. The cinematic basics are all present and correct but there's no spark to make it special. Nor did I for one second buy Aaron Johnson as the young John Lennon - far too comfortably middle class, with an accent that wanders (a problem for other cast members too) Matters perk up a bit once that glorious early rock 'n' roll enters proceedings but the film as a whole remains mired in mediocrity.