It's more than a nostalgia trip. The real pleasure lies in Taymor's ability to make it all seem brand new.
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11/02/07
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Across the Universe (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 78
Rotten:65
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus: Psychedelic musical numbers can't mask Across the Universe's clichéd love story and uninteresting characters.
Theatrical Release: Sep 14, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $24,343,673
Synopsis: The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer... [More]
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Director: Julie Taymor
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Reviews for Across the Universe
Top Critic Julie Taymor's adventure in Beatle-land is a huge success, ripping the songs that defined a generation and its (dashed) hopes for peace in a microcosm of a love story
10/27/07
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10/18/08
chooses cheesy and nostalgic mis-en-scene over meaningful engagement with the musical material. A terrible disappointment.
08/02/08
'Across the Universe' is whimsical silliness, imaginatively constructed but precious and gratingly excessive.
04/10/08
Across the Universe doesn't completely work, but when it does, you're in for one wild and wonderful ride.
02/28/08
The DVD two-disk set gives us the remarkable movie plus lots of extras
02/07/08
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02/07/08
Proves compelling enough to give meaning to the whole as a successful experiment and stylization, if predictable and sentimental.
02/04/08
For my money, give me the original songs and a beer any day, but for a cute treat with a linear story and engaging characters, I suggest "Across the Universe"...
02/04/08
It's a dicey proposition to reverse-engineer a story, and Across the Universe shows the strain...[nonetheless] a very impressive music-video anthology. [DVD review included.]
02/03/08
While the story is not entirely coherent, the great Beatles music and numerous effective cast musical performances makes up for the film's narrative weakness.
01/09/08
Uma obra frustrante, mas suficientemente curiosa para merecer uma pouco efusiva recomendação.
12/06/07
Misses by the size of the Atlantic Ocean in getting to what the Beatles were about.
11/18/07
Thoroughly entertaining and delightfully tuneful, this fun little film will have you singing to yourself for days afterwards.
11/07/07
an ambitious mess of a movie that stretches a thin premise across a bold canvas, resulting in moments of near ecstasy mixed with a nagging lack of emotional involvement
11/03/07
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