Storyline

Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine (David Essex) seems to have inherited the old man's restlessness. Despite his apparent intelligence, Jim decides not to take the exams that would pave his way to university. He lives, for a time, a life consisting of dead-end jobs and meaningless sex, before returning home to work in his mother's shop. But still he can't settle down. He begins to think that the life of a pop musician might be the thing for him.—George S. Davis

Plot Keywords

independent film, teenage boy, twenty something, working class, four word title, apostrophe in title, sex, reception, wedding, family business, truck, rock music, mother son relationship, title based on song, adolescence, british, coming of age, family relationships, father son relationship, friendship

Short Review

That'll Be the Day perfectly captures the England that gave rise to the Stones (and Turner in Performance), the Beatles, Eric Clapton, The Who and the entire British (i.e., World) upheaval of the sixties.

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