Blinded by the Light

[Tiggsy]

It's not a great film.....but.....if you were in your early teens in 1987 and got introduced to Sprinsteen around then* it's a very nice way to spend an evening.

It ain't an 9/10 but hey it's alright.

• As a 14 year old lifeguard on my first day the 20 something showing me the ropes gave me an EStreet band live album with a monolgue before The River about Bruce and his Dad that hit home so much I still can't listen to without goosebumps. Was something very different to Bross and Mel and Kim, etc!

[Tiggsy]

You'll like it....I'm just hesitant of sending people to it that are not Boss fans, in their 40's, etc !!!

That said - my other half (30) liked it a lot and so did my 12 year old (BIG Springsteen fan!)

There's a couple of cheesy bits including a musical bit that is done more Breakfast Club than Rocket Man.....but it stays the right side of bad.

Will have you humming Thunder Road the next day!

Oh, and there's a pivotal scene around the storm of '87......neither my partner nor kid where alive then but have been bored silly by my tales of doing my paperound with fallen trees everywhere! so knew how big a deal it was and felt better conected with the story as a result - as such, prep your kids with details of what that storm was, Poll tax, the National Front, Zammo says no, chopper bikes, walkmen and Debbie Gibson!