English views of the '50s rock 'n' roll era invariably serve up the same rose-tinted view employed in Grease and TV's Lipstick On Your Collar. Here, first-time director Jez Butterworth tries to direct familiar themes into new, darker, territory. Airhead girls, romance and buddy bonding are all present, but only in the background of a murkier and less playful narrative that paints an uncompromisingly grim view of the male-dominated world of the late '50s Soho club scene.
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