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Worried About the Boy
- Director: Julian Jarrold
- Writer: Tony Basgallop
- Producer: Matthew Bird; Nicola Shindler
CGiii Comment
It should have been much, much better...
The lacklustre direction is the major problem.
The writer of this review went to the Blitz in its heyday, and Jarrold has managed to make every scene look like a school disco. It really wasn't like that...at all.
Basgallop's delineated script successfully included so much irrelevance that the story started to plod.
George, himself, was a consultant on this - did he actually read the script before giving approval? He did criticise it after it was broadcast.
This Boy really does have a story to tell - but, it needs to be told with a little more insight and integrity.
Booth is impressive, Horne: too old.
Better luck next time...!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter,who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss,on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk,George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming,where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.
Cast & Characters
Marc Warren as Steve Strange;
Mathew Horne as Jon Moss;
Mark Gatiss as Malcolm McLaren;
Francis Magee;
Douglas Booth as George;
Freddie Fox as Marilyn;
Nicola Potts as Dawn;
Suzanne Nichole Preston as Mo;
Elizabeth Lowe as Caroline;
Hannah Harford as Sarah;
Daniel Wallace as Christopher