Gritty yet somewhat full of cheese...

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2014)

As probably one of the biggest Beatles fans born in the last 20 years, it is safe to say that I was more than a little excited when I heard about this film. I thought it was an original idea and was interested to see how it would be done.
When I watched it I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't the end result of this film. Don't get me wrong, you can see from my vote that I liked the film as a whole but I found it quite confusing, not plot but concept-wise. I felt as if I were watching three different films at once. It switched from the cheese and random (unnecessary) dance breaks of 'Mamma Mia' to the gritty, hard hitting emotion of 'Rent' to a seductive, psychedelic LSD trip. I understand that the point of this may have been to represent the different sides of The Beatles' music, however from a film and storyline perspective it didn't work for me.
I think some of the moments in the film were phenomenal; the 'Let It Be' scene was so touching and innocent and the beginning was very gritty and intriguing, however, some scenes just did not fit/work within the film.
The acting was outstanding, it was very refreshing to see such talented actors/performers doing such a credit to amazing band.
Overall, I enjoyed the majority of the film as it captured an essence of The Beatles and what it was like to live in that turbulent time period of change.