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Across the Universe (2007)

Across the Universe
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Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson

A romantic musical told mainly through numerous Beatles songs performed by the characters. A young man from Liverpool comes to America during the Vietnam War to find his father. He winds up in Greenwich Village, where he falls in love with an American girl who has grown up sheltered in the suburbs. ... (read more)

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 11 min.
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Release Date: Sep 14, 2007
DVD Release Date: Feb 05, 2008

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5 hours ago
full of beatles songs... need nemore motivation????
19 hours ago
It has a great story, which talks about many issues of love, and presented in a musical, sometimes weird, but easy to understand way. It's not an average movie with love story I'd say, but I like it!
1 day ago
Julie Taymor is always a guarantee for a beautifully unique vision and this film is no different. Across The Universe clearly isn't the best film ever, no where close, but it is thoroughly enjoyable and fun to watch. The interpretations of these lege... (read more)
2 days ago
Never heard of it, but it sounds so bizarre that I have to see it.
2 days ago
Not as good as I thought it could be...but I liked this one!

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773 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
[A] visionary attempt to wed a story of young love and 1960s war protest to the Lennon-McCartney catalog.
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778 days ago
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
...Julie Taymor's rhapsodic mash note to John, Paul, George and Ringo falls just short of breathtaking.
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791 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
An often-dazzling rock opera set to the accompaniment of 33 Beatles songs.
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792 days ago
Kyle Smith, New York Post
An interesting failure, not a fascinating one.
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792 days ago
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Something that would have been a bad idea for an Off-Broadway concept show has inexplicably been turned into a bloated two hour and eleven minute movie musical.
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