Julie Taymor directed this very long music video trying to pull itself off as a motion picture. The innate problem with the film is lies with Taymor and her reach. In trying to be a all things - sloppy romance between Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood); homage to Beatles music; commentary on the social environment and upheaval that was witness in America during the Vietnam War; and Julie's attempt to one-up Baz Luhrmann and his Moulin Rouge masterpiece - the film crashes, and badly. What's left is a film full of Beatles songs slowed down to the point of tedium, a love story as compelling as watching paint dry, and a journey that will leave you feeling like you've crossed the entire universe (beam me up please, Scotty). Such a shame.
My rating, for the music and some of the great visuals Taymor gives us, 5 out of 10.
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