A Hard Day's Night

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2006)

Directed by Richard Lester (Robin and Marian, Superman II), in their first feature film together, and what could be considered as the invention, or early version, of the music video, The Beatles made themselves even more known to the world as one of the greatest and most influential pop bands of the 60s and 70s. Basically this film is a fictional day in the life of the band members, John Lennon (as John), Paul McCartney (as Paul), George Harrison (as George) and Ringo Starr (as Ringo). They are accompanied by Paul's rich Grandfather (Wilfrid Brambell) in places, such as their live performances and the opening scenes in the train, but the singers themselves are the ones the audience won't be able to take their eyes off. With some great comedy, and their greatest songs, including the title song, "I Should Have Known Better", "I Wanna Be Your Man", "If I Fell", "Can't Buy Me Loe", "And I Love Her", "Tell Me Why" and "She Loves You", this is an essential musical comedy and near biographical film. The Beatles were number 4 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons, and the film was number 91 on The 100 Greatest Films. Very good!