![]() All in all, director Ken Russell instills this movie with the same sensibility that we find in the rest of his movies. ![]() Probably the most surprising cast member is Jack Nicholson as The Specialist I mean, who would have ever imagined Jack Nicholson of all people in a musical?* Peter Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon also appear. Elton John is OK as the Pinball Wizard, but I guess that anyone could have done that role. Tina Turner really goes over the top as the Acid Queen, who tries to cure Tommy. Oliver Reed seems a little bit wooden as Frank, whom Nora marries when she hears that her husband has gotten killed in WWII, but he still passes. Equally good - and quite perceptive - is Ann-Margret as his mother Nora, using his celebrity to enrich herself I really liked the scene where she hallucinates soap, beans and chocolate pouring out of the TV set. ![]() Daltrey has no trouble getting into the role, especially when he sings "I'm Free". The plot of course has deaf, dumb, blind Tommy Walker (Roger Daltrey) becoming a pinball champion and developing a cult following. Watching it, you try to figure out how to digest all that you're seeing and make sense of it (although I would reject calling it sensory overload). But even so, this movie is an experience unlike any other. I guess that it's hard to adapt something like that to the silver screen. I will say that the movie version of "Tommy" is not as good as The Who's original opera.
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