Across the Universe (2007)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 141 Fresh: 76 Rotten:65 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus:
Psychedelic musical numbers can't mask Across the Universe's clichéd love story and uninteresting characters.
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 14, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $24,343,673
Synopsis: The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a young man working on the... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy
Director: Julie Taymor
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Story: Julie Taymor, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Producer: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
Screenwriter: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Story: Julie Taymor, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Producer: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd, Matthew Gross
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal
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chooses cheesy and nostalgic mis-en-scene over meaningful engagement with the musical material. A terrible disappointment.
08/02/08
'Across the Universe' is whimsical silliness, imaginatively constructed but precious and gratingly excessive.
04/10/08
Across the Universe doesn't completely work, but when it does, you're in for one wild and wonderful ride.
02/28/08
The DVD two-disk set gives us the remarkable movie plus lots of extras
02/07/08
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02/07/08
Proves compelling enough to give meaning to the whole as a successful experiment and stylization, if predictable and sentimental.
02/04/08
For my money, give me the original songs and a beer any day, but for a cute treat with a linear story and engaging characters, I suggest "Across the Universe"...
02/04/08
It's a dicey proposition to reverse-engineer a story, and Across the Universe shows the strain...[nonetheless] a very impressive music-video anthology. [DVD review included.]
02/03/08
While the story is not entirely coherent, the great Beatles music and numerous effective cast musical performances makes up for the film's narrative weakness.
01/09/08
Uma obra frustrante, mas suficientemente curiosa para merecer uma pouco efusiva recomendação.
12/06/07
Misses by the size of the Atlantic Ocean in getting to what the Beatles were about.
11/18/07
Thoroughly entertaining and delightfully tuneful, this fun little film will have you singing to yourself for days afterwards.
11/07/07
an ambitious mess of a movie that stretches a thin premise across a bold canvas, resulting in moments of near ecstasy mixed with a nagging lack of emotional involvement
11/03/07
It's more than a nostalgia trip. The real pleasure lies in Taymor's ability to make it all seem brand new.
11/02/07
Whatever one thinks of it, it’s clear that this film isn’t made from a recipe for mainstream American embrace.
10/27/07
Julie Taymor's adventure in Beatle-land is a huge success, ripping the songs that defined a generation and its (dashed) hopes for peace in a microcosm of a love story
10/27/07
The jump the shark moment: Weary soldiers tote the Statue of Liberty across a tabletop Vietnam to the strains of the 'She's So Heavy' chorus from 'Abbey Road.'
10/25/07
This addictive and ambitious little pic will help you remember why you loved the Beatles so much in the first place.
10/25/07
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