The Fab Four Are Gear!

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2004)

The combination of music, visuals and screen writing make this a nearly perfect film. Especially if you're a Beatles fan. But even if you're not, this film captures a moment in time, a moment in history, musical history that's worth watching every frame. The screen writing for each of the Beatles, John, Paul, George, and Ringo is so enjoyable and entertaining and indelible. One forgets that these are not actors, but four guys from Liverpool with an innate ability to communicate via music and acting. (When Lennon passes a bevy of showgirls backstage and turns to his manager and says, "Please, sir, can I have one to serve me, sir?" always makes me laugh.
Brilliant!)
And the music. What can one say about the Beatles' music that hasn't been said? A HARD DAY'S NIGHT captures them early in their career; fresh, brash, and brilliant. This is a film that can be watched and listened to again and again. It's a moment in time that is gone, but lives on celluloid.