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Bolan's Shoes

Bolan's Shoes

  • Status: Released
  • 15-09-2023
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Score: 6
  • Vote count: 7

A love letter to 70s glam rock told through the eyes of Jimmy and Penny, two children who grew up in a children’s home and were involved in an accident after attending a T. Rex concert.

Timothy Spall

Jimmy

Leanne Best

Penny / Sadie

Mark Lewis Jones

Geraint

Dyfan Dwyfor

Steffan

Mathew Horne

Jez

Holli Dempsey

Zoe

Louis Emerick

Simon

Andrew Lancel

The Vicar

Ruby Snape

Delyth

Terri Dwyer

Gillian

Saffron Rose

Tracey

Sion Tudor Owen

Glyn

Sarah John

Eleri

Matthew George Walsh

Vicar

India Sienna Rose Williams

Janice

Tanaka Mandimika

Scott

Peter Parker Mensah

Mr. Handsome

Phil Furlong

Marc Bolan

Freya Elizabeth Jones

Kathleen Collins

Isaac Lancel-Watkinson

Young Jimmy

Eden Beach

Young Penny

Cadfan Roberts

Cadfan

CinemaSerf

Many years after a fatal road accident affected her own family, Marc Bolan super-fans "Penny" (Leanne Best) and her pal "Steffan" (Dylan Dwyfor) head to the site of Bolan's own fatality where there is to be a quietly reflective memorial on the 75th anniversary of his death by a few other stalwarts. It turns out that this site is maintained by an odd looking gent, "Jimmy" (Timothy Spall) - who wouldn't look out of place playing guitar in "Slade, and who upon seeing "Penny" promptly has some sort of fit. It turns out that they have a great deal more in common than you might expect and as the story unfolds we learn a little more about their own trauma and just how it affected the relationship and their lives. Now, aside from them all having attended a T-Rex concert back in the day, meeting the band and acquiring a pair of his glamorous shoes, this film really has very little to do with the legendary musician. It's a melodrama about a family that has faced and struggled to come to terms with tragedy, mental illness and denial - and though it's not bad, it's not especially unique nor interesting either. The ending is quite touching, though - and it will look fine as a gently engaging vehicle for Spall on the television at Christmas.