Based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir of growing up as a Bruce Springsteen fan in 1980s Luton, the picture is sentimental, implausible and laboured. Will that do?īlinded by the Light displays Chadha’s gifts and limitations in boldest hues. We are so overcome with a sincere desire to get these messages out that we have no time for nuance. It’s as if the broadness is a vital part of the aesthetic. It’s been 17 years since Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley bonded in the penalty zone, but the filmmaking has become no more elegant or controlled. Going right back to Bend it Like Beckham, the films have wondered how much unpasteurised cheese a viewer can endure with his or her inspirational uplift. There has long been an implicit (almost certainly accidental) challenge in Gurinder Chadha’s work.
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