An Elvis movie that was better than any of them

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2006)

We should be thankful to Richard Lester that he created this fine film about the thing that once was called 'Beatlemania'. Although the movie itself is a not a documentary in true sense it catches the essence of the Beatles just as if it was all very real. Everything in 'A Hard Day's Night' is so well balanced - there's nothing too much, nothing too less and the songs play in perfect order at the very best spot.
Everything that Elvis Presley failed to do in his movies worked well with the Beatles. There are no endless amount of romances with women who look like our mothers but just hysterical girls and cool looking young lads who play music from probably their nicest sounding album A Hard Days Night, plus a couple of their older tunes.
It is really cool to see a rock'n roll or pop movie where everything works so well. You will even remember those supporting actors which in other rock films become just victims of mega-rock stars hubris, but in 'A Hard Days Night' even an Irish grandfather gets a couple of memorable one-liners that does not question the Beatles' stardom. Not many other bands could ever afford that.