one of the best musicals in decades

Rating: 9/10 (9 June 2010)

Across the Universe (2007)
One of the best musicals in decades. The story by itself even without the songs would have been a great love story, but when you add songs by the Beatles it turns from great to fantastic.
At times the film gets a little weird, but at times the Beatles get really weird so its excusable. There's really no bad I can talk about the film besides that. The acting was great, the singing, the writing, the directing, everything worked well together. Its powerful and beautiful and deserves more attention.
One thing I was worried about going in that they were gonna cheapen some of the songs. Usually I don't think anyone else should ever touch a Beatles song, because usually they're already perfect. However, they really stayed true to the songs, yet still made them their own
Anyone who enjoys musicals, and more so, anyone who enjoys the Beatles, should really love this film.
9/10