I never get tired of this movie.

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2005)

The 1st time saw "A Hard Day's Night" was about 1970 on "the 4:30 Movie" on channel 7 in New York. I was 5 years old and remember hearing the Beatles music on the radio constantly at that time, so it was cool when I saw them miming to some of those same songs in the film. "The Monkees" TV show was shown regularly at that time (on Saturdays @ 12:00 on CBS), so I was already familiar with seeing a bunch of guys running around and then performing songs. At the time I did not see the similarity between the film and the TV show. I thought all rock bands really experienced everything like in the film, so I made up my mind at 5 years old that I would be a musician when I grew up. That did come true (though I have not made it past semi-pro yet), except I never had a bunch of girls chasing me down the street.
Anyway, as a piece of film-making, I think it is brilliant. It is as enjoyable as any Marx Bros. film, the script is great, it does not try to change the world or make a great statement, and the fact that it is in black and white gives it an artistic edge that would have been lost in a color film. Watch it even if you are not a Beatles fan.