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There is absolutely nothing wrong with this show! But Really The Band craves Keith Moon to pick a fight with someone and lose it on stage! The Who Rocks America is the final show from their 1982 concert tour it was recorded in Toronto Canada. It is technically and musically a fine show. The Band Performs My Generation, Can't Explain,Dangerous, Sister Disco, The Quiet One, It's Hard, Eminence Front, Baba O' Reilly, Boris the Spider,Drowned, Love Ain't For Keeping, Pinball Wizard...See Me Feel Me, Who Are You, Love Reign O'er Me, Long Live Rock, Won't Get Fooled Again, Naked Eye, Young Man Blues, Twist & Shout. The film is shot nicely, with lots of closeups of the band, and the guys sound great!.

This live action film has pretty much a one dimensional plot. And that is appropriate...this didn't have to be stretched out into a feature length film. The story idea is good, they develop the idea nicely and then pull off an unexpectedly effective "goose bumps" inducing, moving, emotional ending. A 10 year old girl (Megan Follows) is "forced" to spend "old fashioned" Christmas at her grandmother's house in the country, when she would rather be in the city celebrating a "modern Christmas" with her young friends. While staying at her grandmothers She finds a coat that whisks her back to a Christmas past and she returns to the present with a new understanding and respect for her grandmothers view on christmas. Take one part "Back to the Future" add two parts of Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and then streamline the storyline to fit into a 1/2 hour format and you have The Olden Days Coat. An excellent film to put on your family's Christmas schedule...but remember it is only 1/2 hour long!

We originally bought this film to market it as a film oddity...Kenneth Branagh's only nude role. I then throughly enjoyed the Cinematography, the beautiful Landscapes, and the delightful acting job done by Irene Papas. The comedy is subtle it is really a combination of a drama and comedy...a dramedy. Peploe does a nice job bringing interesting characters to the screen. So much so that when Lesley Manville's character makes a mistake you want to cuss her out and when Irene Papas' character pulls some outrageous stunts near the end you can laugh and cheer her on as much as the Greek villagers did in the film. The film does a really nice job conveying the adventure of travelling and will be enjoyed most by people who have traveled some...and of course should also be enjoyed by Islanders of all sorts!