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Tommy
Directed by
Ken Russell
PG
1975
1h 51m
Drama
,
Musical
,
and more
6.6
72%
71%
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A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.
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Cast of Tommy
Oliver Reed
Frank
Ann-Margret
Nora
Roger Daltrey
Tommy / Writer
Elton John
The Pinball Wizard
Eric Clapton
The Preacher
John Entwistle
Himself / Writer
Keith Moon
Uncle Ernie / Writer
Paul Nicholas
Cousin Kevin
Jack Nicholson
The Specialist
Robert Powell
Captain Walker
Pete Townshend
Himself / Writer
Tina Turner
The Acid Queen
Arthur Brown
The Priest
Vicki Russell
Sally Simpson
Ben Aris
Reverend Simpson
Mary Holland
Mrs. Simpson
Gary Rich
Rock Musician
Dick Allan
President Black Angels
Barry Winch
Young Tommy
Eddie Stacey
Bovver Boy
Liza Strike
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Gillian McIntosh
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Simon Townshend
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Vicki Brown
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Mylon LeFevre
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Kit Trevor
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Billy Nicholls
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Helen Shappel
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Jeff Roden
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Paul Gurvitz
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Margo Newman
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Alison Dowling
Vocal Chorus (voice)
Jennifer Baker
Nurse #1 (uncredited)
Susan Baker
Nurse #2 (uncredited)
Peter Brace
Man with Knife (uncredited)
Imogen Claire
Specialist's nurse (uncredited)
Gillian King
Handmaiden to the Acid Queen (uncredited)
Juliet King
Handmaiden to the Acid Queen (uncredited)
Steven Longhurst
Tommy Accolyte (uncredited)
Ken Russell
Cripple (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Producer
Lisa Vanderpump
Girl at Christmas Party (uncredited)
Robert Stigwood
Producer
Tommy Ratings & Reviews
JohnK2319
February 23, 2025
Pinballs
Arizona Republic
Phil Strassberg
Not all the "arias" work, though all are given spectacular, kaleidoscopic production values under Russell's shrewd and resourceful direction.
Los Angeles Times
Charles Champlin
"Tommy" is an overwhelming, thunderous, almost continuously astonishing achievement, coherent and consistent from first frames to last.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Hilburn
The critical issue surrounding "Tommy" is whether Russell has produced a failed monument or a monumental failure.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Judith Crist
'Experience' is the word for this two-hour film, a medley of literal bits and surreal pieces... all eye-catching, most mind-engaging, some simply stunning, and a few merely bemusing.
Village Voice
Andrew Sarris
Tommy is a profoundly unifying rock experience without malice or smugness.
Newsweek
Charles Michener
Russell has fused a Kaleidoscope of images that pulsate with the incredible precision of a rock drumbeat in visual counterpoint to the music.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Pollack
Russell, who also wrote the screenplay, has worked to explore a sense of visual imagery that is far more creative than the music.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
"Tommy" is a concoction of feeble-minded symbolism and driving music created by the English rock group The Who. Russell's deranged film left me wondering Why.
New York Daily News
Kathleen Carroll
For all Russell's genius, "Tommy" stays in the mind as a bad trip, nothing more.
New York Daily News
Rex Reed
Tommy is a dazzling spectacle that demands and holds the interest.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Will Jones
Its too-muchness quickly dulls the senses and turns it into a most dull trip.
Detroit Free Press
Susan Stark
The imagery is so wildly fantastic, so overblown, so out of control, that is has a numbing effect.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
The story is served up chunk-style like the record, so it's a case of more individual scenes failing than working. The film has no cinematic flow.
Boston Globe
Ernie Santosuosso
Unlike so many other rock films, "Tommy" does not bore. Indeed, it fairly roars.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Farnum Gray
The music, which sometimes soars powerfully, is performed very well.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's Ken Russell unbound.
AV Club
Noel Murray
For all that Tommy bungles or overdoes, it's still a powerful experience, musically and visually.
TIME Magazine
Jay Cocks
One thing is sure: there has never been a movie musical quite like Tommy, a weird, crazy, wonderfully excessive version of The Who's rock opera.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
This 1975 film's inventiveness begins to flag about halfway through, but by then it's a relief. If only Wagner could have lived to see this.
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