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PLOT
It's a day in the life of the Beatles. That's it, simple and to the point.... Um... Moving on.
PROS
All four of the Beatles are surprisingly good actors. While not on the level of Marlon Brando, they're never bad and always find a way to charm you.
The comedy in the film is spot on. It's lightning fast and clever. Going back to the acting, The Beatles have pitch perfect timing and delivery. I never went more than five minutes without at least a chuckle and at most falling out of my seat.
Do I even need to say the music is good? It's The Beatles, of course it's good!
There are some very cool camera shots and camera work in general. The director choose to do most of shots with a handheld camera, or at least in that style, and it makes you feel like your're actually there. The reason it works? It never gets excessive. This style really adds life to the movie as a whole.
CONS
This is more of personal con, but since this is a British movie, the accents are very thick and from all over the U.K. It can be very hard to understand what anyone is saying sometimes. Tack on the fact that it has the sound quality from the early 60's, and you have a sometimes jumbled mess of dialogue.
CONCLUSION
The movie over all is cute. Don't get me wrong, it's very good and well made, but I'm questioning whether or not it's of the 101 best. I feel that this is one you just had to be there. You had to be in the time when Beatles were bigger than anything and every song on the radio was either Beatles or crap. Once again, don't get me wrong, it still holds up, but I think it's more for the big fans of the Beatles,which is not me. For the last time, don't get me wrong, I love the Beatles (at least what I've heard), but not enough to watch an hour and a half of them just doin' stuff.
RATING
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