Blinded by the Light

Writer/Producer/Director Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Light is one of the finest “feel-good” films of this or any summer.

It’s the story of Javed (Viveik  Kaldra), a teenage Pakistani, living in 1987 Luton, England, who is subject to his domineering father (Kulvinder Ghir) and finds liberation through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

 

It’s joyous, happy, sad and absolutely wonderful.

The cast, especially Meera Ganatra, who plays Javed’s mother and Rob Brydon, who plays his best friend’s dad, is endearing and the music is, of course, super.

I give Blinded by the Light a 4.3 out of 5.