Waste of potential-horrible directing - with good musical sequences though-

Rating: 5/10 (8 January 2008)

Well ... what a waste of potential! if Paul Mccartney had the rights of the Beatles songs, he might only have let a capable director lay hands on them- The directing is a complete disaster!
Although the psychedelic parts are really good without exception, the storyline is so disintegrated. Eddie Izzard as Mr.Kite though is exquisite; I thought who the hell is he reminding me of? I got it now he looks pretty damn much like Tony Curtis! Dr.Robert is quite good too(nicely portrayed by Bono)
But overall the film just comes along incoherent.Most characters that appear don't evolve to any depth,nor develop any shape apart from the main character Jude.
It's a real pity cause you can absolutely sense the potential- if only someone like Alan Parker,Milos Forman would have had the baton ...
but further on: Jude has a really nice Liverpudlian accent,which is nice as a footnote because The Beatles were from Liverpool,England and so to bring a little more authenticity into the story. But then he's shown in this all American rich people's super mansion and the house's daughter sighs that she was never aware of her "o so normal life" when she hears Jude's story- Well but for Christ sakes! it is far from being "normal" to live in such a villa as she does! it's a f...... privilege for rich people!-
John Lennon would have rolled over in his grave!