Previews gave away the funniest bits, but did not disappoint

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2007)

The trailers and previews gave away WAAAAY too many of the best lines in the movie. But still the movie was satisfying. There were hardly any biopic clichés left out, especially the bad aging (forward and backward -- "I'm 14 years old" and he obviously looks 40!) and mismatched celebrity casting. (BTW, to posters who mentioned how awful the casting was for The Beatles, THAT WAS THE POINT!!!!) Jake and Judd obviously have watched a lot of VH1's "Behind the Music" episodes. I did think of one cliché they missed -- the proverbial "passing of the torch" to offspring. See Jason Bonham, Ziggy and the other Marley kids, Zak Starkey (Ringo's son), Wolfgang Van Halen, etc. Dewdrop would have been good for that.