Should be a top 200 film

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2000)

Well admittedly I'm a Beatle fan but I think this is an important enough film that should at least be in the "top 200" on IMDB. Especially since Gladiator is, what, #60? Richard Lester is a great director, the Liverpudlian script by Alun Owen is very suitable for the boys and seems like ad-libs. Also the black & white film format is perfect although supposedly it was done for monetary and not artistic reasons. If there's any flaw perhaps it drags a bit at the "concert" scene at the end (see if you can spot a child Phil Collins in the audience).
This was the first teenage exploitation film to be far more than just a vehicle for some hit songs; although there are plenty of hits to go around. By today's "N'Sync" and "Brittany Spears" standards The Beatles in this movie are practically avant-garde with a little help from Lester & Owen.

This is the best Beatle film; in "Help" they are basically just stoned on pot the whole time with a terrible plot & characters, and "Yellow Submarine" they hardly had any input other than some leftover songs. And the less said about the "Get Back/Let It Be" project and "Magical Mystery Tour" the better.