Extraordinary

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2007)

"Across the Universe" captures the cultural explosion of the Beatles era through vivid, powerful and beautiful sights and sounds. The intersecting story lines begin as seemingly unrelated vignettes that are eventually woven together into a compelling single storyline, with tasty musical selections throughout. The young cast is gorgeous, appealing and believable, and it's a treat to spot the special guest cameos by the likes of Joe Cocker, Eddie Izzard and even Salma Hayek. The fantasy scenes-- some funny, some moving-- are pure art.
The trailers really don't do this film justice because they give the impression that the whole movie is nothing but splashy big production scenes. In fact, it is a crazy visual and musical trip, but it has a love story at its core. Very memorable.