That'll Be the Day

Long before Grease was even thought of, the British came out with That'll Be The Day, the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of age and finds his proper outlet in the first outgrowths of the rock-and-roll world in Britain. This film ...more

Nostalgic films such as Grease present a sugar-coated, candy-colored vision of life in the 1950s; That'll Be the Day offers a more realistic take on the era, and the picture it paints of a British youth from that time is both depressing and exhilarating. Much of this territory has been trod before in the years since the film was released, and so it has lost some of the freshness that initially made it appealing; but it maintains a certain honesty and simplicity that many viewers will appreciate. ...more