Tommy 1975

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It's all fairly excessive and far from subtle, but in this case good taste would have been wildly inappropriate and a fearful drag. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This 1975 film's inventiveness begins to flag about halfway through, but by then it's a relief. If only Wagner could have lived to see this. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The effect is exhilarating and exhausting. Read more

TIME Magazine: One thing is sure: there has never been a movie musical quite like Tommy, a weird, crazy, wonderfully excessive version of The Who's rock opera. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: This is both the movie in which [Russell] is most faithful to the ideas and tone of his material, and one of his very worst films. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Ken Russell's filmization of Tommy is spectacular in nearly every way. Read more