The Best Movie About My Generation

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2007)

I was a little worried about this movie. I thought, with the premise of using Beatles songs and dance numbers to tell a story, it's going to be either incredibly good or incredibly awful. And I thought it would take a genius to make it incredibly good.
It's incredibly good. If I were a history teacher at an unbelievably liberal school, I'd use this movie to try to explain what it was like in the 60's and early 70's. I was there, and there are things I remember all through this movie. The musical numbers and dance are the most important factor in the movie, of course, but they are supported by a plot with characters who are genuinely authentic and story lines that catch the best and the worst of the times.
People who were there will love this movie, and younger people may come away with a better understanding of what made some of us who we are and (MILD SPOILER) the realization that indeed, sometimes, all you need is love.