
A day and a half in the life of the Fab Four leading up to a televised concert gig. The boys seem to be constantly on the run, from their crazed fans and from their manager, who is constantly trying to rein them in. Sir Ringo Starr however is arrested and still isn't in the studio half an hour before air time. With Sir Paul McCartney's grandfather available for additional comical relief, the group performs a dozen or so songs.... (Full plot summary below)
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A day and a half in the life of the Fab Four leading up to a televised concert gig. The boys seem to be constantly on the run, from their crazed fans and from their manager, who is constantly trying to rein them in. Sir Ringo Starr however is arrested and still isn't in the studio half an hour before air time. With Sir Paul McCartney's grandfather available for additional comical relief, the group performs a dozen or so songs.
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| Slant MagazineJack ColeEven when the band plays away from private eyes or songs simply play over disconnected footage of them having fun, the strength of their songcraft is stirring. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWit, joy, imagination, and sensational mid-'60s music. |
| Film.comRobert HortonNo movie has had a greater impact on the way people looked. The music of course is immortal. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt enables us to recapture exactly the delightful sensations felt all those years ago when we and the world were young and exciting together. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonIt doesn't matter how many times you see these images. They're always exciting. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsWatching the opening of A Hard Day's Night is like getting a direct injection of happiness. |
| Miami HeraldHoward CohenIt's 85 minutes of screen time that represents one crystallized moment not in the Beatles' career per se but in the parallel career they forged inside all of us, the one that will last beyond any breakup, retirement or death. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThey're like gods at play, paragons of pure delight, as they mock and feign their way through a universe of mere mortals. To see the movie again is to realize that they were never entirely of this earth and that they never will be. |
| EmpirePatrick PetersMake a date to catch this on the big screen and be rewarded with pure magic. |
| Washington PostDavid SegalLester serves up a helping of what, on this side of the pond, we came to think of as kicky, mod British filmmaking |