Plot
A teenage John Lennon must deal with the loss of his uncle, the man who raised him, which leads to getting kicked out of school and his eventual rock band. He also wishes to reconnect with his mother, a woman who abandoned him when he was just a boy.
Pros
This film featured some powerful performances, particularly from Aaron Taylor-Johnson. While some could say Taylor-Johnson is too handsome for the role, I still found that he brought more to the role than other actors might have done. As far as the story goes, who doesn’t love a good J Len biopic? Has anyone ever called him J Len? No? Never mind, then. I am glad that this focused on only one aspect of one of Earth’s greatest artists. Sometimes movies get too cluttered trying to tell every part of a person’s life that it takes away from the movie.
Cons
The movie is not accurate and some of the differences are pretty glaring to Lennon fans. Most involve his relationship with his mother. Also, while on the subject of his mother, they really over-sexualized that relationship. There have been conflicting stories over how their relationship was, with some saying it was rather creepy, but other stories conflict 
Fun Fact: The Beatles name is never mentioned.
Great review, I remember watching this ages ago.
I had been wanting to watch this for a while but I could never find it. Then I realized it was on Netflix and then I felt stupid.
J Len, I like that! You should copyright it. Nice review, love to check this one out.
I should, then I hope it becomes more popular that J Lo! The movie was pretty good, but I remember another J Len biopic that covered more of his life and that one was pretty good too. Then there’s also another one called Lennon Naked, which now makes me realize that there are a lot of John Lennon movies.
Apparently, and I haven’t seem any of them. Better get my ass in gear.
You should, they’re interesting. I still haven’t seen Lennon Naked…which sounds odd if people reading this don’t know it’s the name of a TV movie.
Love Lennon but have never heard of this – will definitely have to watch!
Yeah, this flew under my radar for quite some time.