The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
15 September 1981, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
20 November 1984, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
7 October 1959, Syracuse, New York, USA
13 September 1980, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
30 November 1947, Bronx, New York, USA
23 October 1977, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
10 June 1957, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
March 29, 2009
The actors all do considerable justice to the Fab Four's classics, but they are ultimately failed by Taymor's neglect of actual story.
October 03, 2007
[A] visionary attempt to wed a story of young love and 1960s war protest to the Lennon-McCartney catalog.
September 28, 2007
...Julie Taymor's rhapsodic mash note to John, Paul, George and Ringo falls just short of breathtaking.
October 19, 2007
...the long and winding road that is Julie Taymor's opulent, eye-filling, and disappointingly uninvolving musical extravaganza...
September 28, 2007
Across the Universe is a classic example of ambition exceeding execution.
August 02, 2008
chooses cheesy and nostalgic mis-en-scene over meaningful engagement with the musical material. A terrible disappointment.
April 10, 2008
'Across the Universe' is whimsical silliness, imaginatively constructed but precious and gratingly excessive.
September 30, 2008
A marvelous visual experience that works even for non-Beatles fans.
November 06, 2008
Visually and thematically audacious...
October 05, 2007
Across the Universe isn't beholden to any stage incarnation. It owes its vision to the vibrant imagination of its director, who created a musical that reminds us how cultural-political events can change our tune.
September 28, 2007
Most of the songs are performed in such saccharine style and staged so literally that they almost seem like they belong in a Broadway show. That's a very bad thing.
