Across the Universe had a bad hair day

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2007)

This movie was pretty good, but the hair almost ruined it for me. Men didn't wear their hair like that in the 1960s! They pretty much either had crew cuts or Beatle hair slicked down with bangs...not preppy, pretty-boy feathered, layered, and styled hair like Max and Jude wore! The women didn't wear red lipstick either. White was trendy for a time, and light pink, but not red like the main actress who played Lucy. The film makers needed to do some research on the hairstyles of the day and make sure they were accurate. I know, I know, the movie is supposed to be timeless, just like the Beatles songs, but it WAS supposed to be set in the actual time period that the songs were popular. I didn't mind the episodic, MTV-styled music video format too much. The singing was fantastic and the Beatles tunes were rendered with much emotion. Pretty good job.