Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)

23% of critics liked it
(13 reviews)
27% of users liked it
(462 ratings)

Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the sole copy of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath (John… More Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the sole copy of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath (John Bennett). McCartney performs three new songs, along with a number of classic Beatles' tunes. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By: Barbara Bach, Bryan Brown
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Drama

In Theaters: Oct 23, 1984 Wide
On DVD: Feb 8, 2005

Critic Reviews

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Give My Regards to Broad Street is about as close as you can get to a nonmovie, and the parts that do try something are the worst.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
A lot of effort has gone into this film's production values, but continuity seems, at best, to have been a secondary concern.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
You could call it a self-serving film, were McCartney's complacency not so all-embracing: self-flattery requires at least a hint of self-doubt, but there's no trace of anything remotely that unsettling on McCartney's placid, Buddha-like brow.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
The acting here is weaker than the slender story, but intermingled with all the silliness are some fine performances of McCartney-Beatle standards as well as three new songs.
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Great music can't compensate for underdone plot and self-indulgent staging,
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Token attempt at street cred: if Paul doesn't get the tapes back, he'll be taken over by a sunglasses-wearing business shark.
John Wirt, Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
It's nice to McCartney and Starr making music together again, but the film mostly flops.
Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Average story but great songs and set pieces.
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
A really bad movie that exists solely to showcase McCartney's new tunes.
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Vanity project for McCartney. Director Webb has lots of style -- none of it his own.

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Featured Audience Ratings

AJ V

This is barely a film, it's more like a bunch of prolonged music videos, and a flimsy story holds them all together. Not good.
Brett W

Paul McCartney tries to recreate the lovably scatterbrained antics of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. The closest we get to "lovable" is Ringo telling some female reporter the he smokes weed.

Cast

            Paul McCartney as Himself

            Bryan Brown as Steve

            Ringo Starr as Ringo

            Barbara Bach as Journalist

            Linda McCartney as Linda

            Tracey Ullman as Sandra

            Ralph Richardson as Jim

            Ian Hastings as Harry

            John Bennett as Mr. Rath

            Anthony Brown as Police Inspector

            Jeremy Child as Record Company Executive

            Christopher Ellison as Rath's Minder

            Jon Ian Jacobs
            
            Mark Kingston as Terry

            Robert Longden as Tape Operator

            Amanda Redman as Office Receptionist

            Gordon Rollings as Monster

            Gary Shail as Apache Dancer

            John Burgess as Chauffeur

            John Harding as Ernest

            Philip Jackson as Alan

            Louis Johnson
            
            Richard Kane as Record Company Executive

            Ruby Buchanan as Bag Lady

            Frank Duncan as William

            Leonard Fenton as Company Accountant

            John Salthouse as Tome the Roadie

            Leslie Sarony as Gatekeeper

            Nicholas Askew as Teacup Child

            Anthony Bates as City Banker

            David Easter as Apache Dancer

            James Wynn as Assistant Director

            Trevor Jones as Roadie

            George Martin as Producer

            Donald Douglas as Police Detective

            John Murphy as Wino
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