Across the Universe (2007)
NYT Critics' Pick This movie has been designated a Critic's Pick by the film reviewers of The Times.Box Office Top 5
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Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, T.V. Carpio, Dana Fuchs, Jim Sturgess
Rating: PG-13 (Violence/Nudity/Adult Situations/Profanity/Sexual Situations/Drug Content)
Review Summary
From its first moments, when a solitary dreamer on a beach turns to the camera and sings, unaccompanied, the opening lines of the Beatles’ song “Girl,” Julie Taymor’s ’60s musical fantasia, “Across the Universe,” reveals its intention to use the Beatles’ catalog to tell two stories at once, one personal, the other generational. That young man, Jude (Jim Sturgess), is a cheeky Liverpool dockworker with a twinkle in his eye. He quickly emerges as a winsome vocal composite of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with a personality to match. From here the movie only gets better. Somewhere around its midpoint, “Across the Universe” captured my heart, and I realized that falling in love with a movie is like falling in love with another person. Imperfections, however glaring, become endearing quirks once you’ve tumbled. — Stephen Holden , The New York Times
Movie Details
Title: Across the Universe
Running Time: 128 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: United States
Genre: Romance, Period, Political
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