A film like this could have never been anything less than a love song, and that is just perfect.
I didn't expect much from this film originally, thinking that it would be a bit cheesy, but a fun feature with a nice story. It was all of those things, sure, but it also spoke to me on a much deeper level.
One can only imagine that the way we feel connected to this character's story is the exact same way that he feels connected to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Although he is a Pakistani boy living in Britain, he finds solace in the music of a working class child from New Jersey. In the same way any person could watch this film and, although we may not have endured the same prejudice, we can relate to the themes of struggle, belonging, acceptance, youth and understanding.
Through this character's story and his love letter to Bruce Springsteen we can share in a story as old as time itself.
I didn't expect much from this film originally, thinking that it would be a bit cheesy, but a fun feature with a nice story. It was all of those things, sure, but it also spoke to me on a much deeper level.
One can only imagine that the way we feel connected to this character's story is the exact same way that he feels connected to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Although he is a Pakistani boy living in Britain, he finds solace in the music of a working class child from New Jersey. In the same way any person could watch this film and, although we may not have endured the same prejudice, we can relate to the themes of struggle, belonging, acceptance, youth and understanding.
Through this character's story and his love letter to Bruce Springsteen we can share in a story as old as time itself.