Beatles Lyrics Progress The Story

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2020)

(Flash Review)
Hope you like Beatles music as the film is told through the use of their unique song lyrics. Many of the characters are named in the same manner as there is a Prudence, Jude, Lucy, Sadie, etc... Even Bono makes a cameo singing I Am The Walrus. And it wouldn't be true to the Beatles without a bit of psychedelic in a few scenes. The film is based around young adults being sent off to war during the anti-war movement of the 60s and how these young adults manage relationships, friendships and their futures during these events. This is a representation of what the perceptions of those who were part of the anit-war movement and much like John Lennon was in his later years. Overall, I didn't find the characters very sympathetic which made me feel less vested in their outcomes. The music was obviously well-done and the visual production was bold, colorful and snappy. When the pretty veneer is pulled back, the film was a typical anti-war story with a couple romantic youths running around, finding themselves or going off to war.