Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Sheryl Lee
A dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of the Beatles' early history.
DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003
Stats: 209 reviews
This is an OK movie. I suspect it had difficulty deciding whether it was made as a documentary about the Beatles early years, or a story about the unfortunate life of Stuart Sutcliffe.
Although a huge Beatles fan, I thought this film was a bit over-hyped. It certainly had some good moments, that felt very real to probably what happened. It tried very hard to capture the Hamburg life they had, and did it pretty well. Made it more gritty (and thus probably more...( read more)
This was a very entertaining film. A good look at a early years of the Beatles. I think this film has one of Stephen Dorff best performances.
The music is awesome, obviously but the story left me wanting for more. Also, it had so much sex it felt like a porn movie. Would have liked to know more like where did Ringo came from?
Very sad about what happened to Stuart Suttcliffe. He was sooo adorable and such a great artist. The movie makes me want to get out all of my beatles cd's.
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