One of the more evergreen examples of deliciously dayglow, feel-groovy 60s Brit-cinema, Clive Donner's engagingly vibrant, still-fragrant, luridly flower powered coming-of-age comedy about avidly Girl-hungry Jamie's (Barry Evans) fitful fumblings towards cherry popping has lost little of its quite considerable nubile charm! Set in the landmark, pristine-looking new town of Stevenage, fresh-faced Jamie's earnest ruminations about his overweening angst, and the frequently frustrated attempts to lose his virginity, quite rightly, made the charismatic, cheekily cherubic, Barry Evans a rising star. A lively, witty, insightful text, along with playful, kinetic filmmaking by Donner, a fabulous supporting cast of gifted actors, and while the eminently frug-worthy score, featuring the perfectly perky paisley'd pop of 'Spencer Davis Group' Stevie Winwood, Traffic binds this winningly upbeat film inexorably to the swinging era it was shot, 'Here We Go Around the Mulberry Bush' remains a terrifically entertaining, creatively shot cinematic time capsule that, compellingly, still speaks most eloquently about the singular torment of a needful teenager's tentative sexual awakening!
