It's pretty cool. The evolution of the British New Wave and the generation of Angry Young Men is a fascinating watch and gives the impression of being a perfect slice of 60s life despite being filmed in 1979. If you enjoy British cinema you can't possibly go wrong with this one.

Mods. Rockers. So achingly cool.

This reminds me of my high school years (there were one or two Mods back in Christchurch in the 80s. I guess New Zealand was about 10 years behind the UK back in the dark years before The Internet) - teenage angst at it's best. I still dream of having a Vespa but my Dad forbade it at the time. "Useless little bastards" he said.

I think the beauty in ths film lies in how real it seems because the cast feels like they live in the 60s. Sting does the best acting that I have seen him do and yes, he is better than he was in Dune. The Who's music is used at perfect times to really hammer down the plot points in case the audience is missing it. I feel like this feel works a lot better than Tommy did because Tommy seemed cheesy at times while this one seems real. Roger is an okay actor, but an even greater singer so it is good that he is not in this film. This is one that I could watch over and over again.

A really fantastic coming of age movie set in the youth culture of 1960s London. There's alot of would become great actors in this movie in very early roles (Timothy Spall and Ray Winstone's penis). The soundtrack is really what sells it though with of course a fantastic use of The Who as well as numerous period appropriate songs that just flow seamlessly.

Watched this favorite of mine for the umpteenth time on the same day that I not only listened to a half dozen albums by The Who (including two spins of the original Quadrophenia double album), but also closed the day by seeing the band live in which they played the Quadrophenia rock opera from start to finish. I'm exhausted...

In my opinion, one of the most important british films.

It's pretty cool. The evolution of the British New Wave and the generation of Angry Young Men is a fascinating watch and gives the impression of being a perfect slice of 60s life despite being filmed in 1979. If you enjoy British cinema you can't possibly go wrong with this one.

excellent

good slice of life tale of a lost mod kid. gangland/hooligan stuff between mods and greasers (rockers). a love story. drugs. scooters. aimless teens. what more can you ask for? Phil Daniels is the shit; infinitely watchable, has a presence like no other. great setting in and around Brighton. music fits seamlessly in the time period. the major thing i felt that hurt it: long on the pacing side. i realize it's the pacing of the time, of the generation. and, also because so much of the film is made of music videos. but it was just so fat, it made me constantly check the time. anyway, fantastic last sequence left me awestruck. beautiful helicopter shots across the cliffs. very memorable.

I've been a Who fan since high school, but shamefully & inexplicably never saw this until today.

Sting (perfectly cast), plus Toyah, plus a comically young Ray Winstone, plus the guy that would later sing a song for Blur: it all adds up to wonderfulness. Set in 1965 from the perspective of 1979, but really a timeless story of youth in revolt.

Best of all: it crucially employs the story and music from a so-called "rock opera" without being a musical.

An earnest and pure coming of age story. A very impressionable film with great acting. Phil Daniels kills it. Angst, love, youth, rebellion.

I think the beauty in ths film lies in how real it seems because the cast feels like they live in the 60s. Sting does the best acting that I have seen him do and yes, he is better than he was in Dune. The Who's music is used at perfect times to really hammer down the plot points in case the audience is missing it. I feel like this feel works a lot better than Tommy did because Tommy seemed cheesy at times while this one seems real. Roger is an okay actor, but an even greater singer so it is good that he is not in this film. This is one that I could watch over and over again.

Great British Youth film, loved the young actors and thought they did a fantastic job.

+ Bike gangs r cool - It was a commercial for the Who, parka coats and Levis and that doesn't even need advertising