One of those movies that usually is cited as being incredibly terrible. It's easy to understand why. It's campy, it's silly, the plot is not engaging, it uses Beatles music in a way that doesn't seem entirely respectful…
Yes, even though this has nearly everything wrong with it, I somehow found it modestly enjoyable. It's way too long, at about 2 hours, but it's pretty engaging, at least for the first half of it or so.
The music is mostly pretty faithful to the original arrangements, but sometimes the songs get extended to work better with the film, and some of the songs gravitate toward a disco-like arrangement.
The strange silliness in force is really puzzling. For some reason, some of the songs are sung by robots, or at least partially by robots. She's Leaving Home is a strange choice to do that with.
As the movie wore on, I kept thinking of Across the Universe. Some people seriously hate that movie, but I think that one is far less offensive than this weirdly sanitized, bizarre version of a Beatles universe. If anything, this movie seemed more like a cross between Across the Universe mixed with the Star Wars Holiday Special.
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