The film, directed by James D. Cooper, leans heavily on reflective interviews with Pete Townshend, who comes across as a witty observer with a good sense of humor as he looks back on the early days.

There are film clips of Chris Stamp, who died in 2012, the brother of actor Terence Stamp, who is seen briefly. The film explores the meeting and collaboration between working class Chris and upper class Kit Lambert, who died in 1981, after a turbulent life of drugs and psychological problems. Lambert was clearly gay in an era when that was a crime in Britain. Fans of the Who will recall that drummer Keith Moon died in 1978, victim of a drug overdose.

There is considerable repetition in the film that could have been trimmed as well as including more factual material, but it still emerges with its trove of memories of the band members and the time in which they flourished, even through periods when money was scarce.

Some of the funniest anecdotes reveal that by living in posh neighborhoods band members were treated like the rich. Bills often were not sent for their purchases and credit was extended even though credit standing was terrible.