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    • Blinded by the Light (2019) Movie Review - Screen Rant
      • While it may not be a mold-breaker for movies about children of immigrants who're trying to find their identity in the modern world, Blinded by the Light is a relevant and enjoyable addition to that tradition that's buoyed by its charming, toe-tapping use of Springsteen's music as a storytelling device.
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  2. Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry as a way to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the...

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    • Gurinder Chadha
    • PG-13
    • Viveik Kalra
  3. Parents need to know that Blinded by the Light is a feel-good, fact-based comedy about a Pakistani teenager (Viveik Kalra) growing up in 1980s England whose life is transformed by the music of Bruce Springsteen.

    • Viveik Kalra, Nell Williams, Kulvinder Ghir
    • Gurinder Chadha
    • Warner Bros.
  4. Aug 16, 2019 · Blinded by the Light,” at its very best, captures the experience of being a fan, the pure exhilaration of it, and the sense of your vision opening out to vistas beyond your horizon. Set in the 1980s in the small town of Luton, Javed’s family struggles to make ends meet in the crushing recession of the late Thatcher era, battling economic ...

  5. Aug 16, 2019 · Blinded by the Light is a coming-of-age musical drama directed by Gurinder Chadha. Set in 1987, it follows Javed, a British-Pakistani teenager inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen.

    • Sandy Schaefer
  6. Blinded by the Light received positive reviews from critics, and also received nominations for Best Film and Best Actor (for Kalra) at the 2019 SIFF Awards.

  7. Aug 13, 2019 · A British teen of Pakistani descent struggles against the confines of his culture and racial persecution in an economically depressed town. Equal parts fantasy musical, somber drama, and uplifting...

  8. Jan 28, 2019 · In “Blinded by the Light,” Javed (Viveik Kalra), a Pakistani British teenager living in a drab London suburb in 1987, discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen, and it jolts him alive.

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