Pretentious Crap, Plain & Simple

Rating: 4/10 (25 March 2008)

What do you get when someone loved "Mama Mia" so much that they decided to do the same thing with the Beatles? Why, you get "Across The Universe", an unentertaining acid trip through the sixties.
To quickly sum up this mess, a collection of characters (everything from a British guy to a seemingly bi-curious cheerleader) all work their way to the same New York flophouse.
From there, they laugh, they cry, they drift apart. You know, typical things that happen to total strangers who by odd twist of fate all wind up together.
As this bizarre story continues to unfold, we are treated to swirling colors, headache inducing visuals, Eddie Izzard dancing with Blue Meanies, and Bono warbling about how he's the walrus.
Now, to be fair, I am not a huge fan of musicals, but this thing sucked out loud. This film tries to be deep, but is, in actuality, about as shallow as a rain puddle.