
When the music-hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Captain Fred (Lance Percival) and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes, and more. They meet Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. (Dick Emery) and take him with them for the adventure. At Pepperland, The Beatles "rally the land to r... (Full plot summary below)
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When the music-hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Captain Fred (Lance Percival) and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes, and more. They meet Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. (Dick Emery) and take him with them for the adventure. At Pepperland, The Beatles "rally the land to rebellion" and take down the Blue Meanies, the four-headed Meanie dog, and the Dreadful Flying Glove (with the songs "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Hey Bulldog", "All You Need is Love"). In the end, all four live-action Beatles sing "All Together Now".
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPerhaps because the Beatles were considered such a draw, perhaps because the songs were counted on to sell the film, there was no agenda to dumb down the material or hard-sell the story. Instead of contrived urgency, there's unpressured whimsy, and the movie exists as pure charm, expressed in fantastical imagery. And then there are the songs. |
| ÜberCinéGregory WeinkaufA movie so joyous (and mildly demented) as to rewrite the rules of what a movie can be. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold[The film embidies] exactly what the Beatles represented emotionally and philosophically in the mid-'60s: artistic daring, cheeky non-sentimentality, a new generation taking over, naively confident the world was 'getting better all the time.' |
| Scott Mantz' Movie ReviewsScott A. MantzAs we embrace the start of the new Millennium, the message is loud and clear. The submarine is symbolic for the world in which we live, and love is still all you need. |
| Film ThreatPhil HallIf the film's mod trappings seem locked in a specific (and increasingly distant) era, its playful wit remains timeless. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A unique and often brilliant animated film that pictures the Beatles as towering and often god-like gentlemen who have the power to change worlds... |
| Solzy at the MoviesDanielle SolzmanA recently restored 4K restoration of The Beatles'Yellow Submarine with full 5.1 Dolby sound has made its way into theaters and it's absolutely perfect. |
| Common Sense MediaNell MinowBeatles classic with great animation, music. |
| Consequence of SoundBlake GobleYellow Submarine is a journey to the very brightest spots of our imagination, and it’s a vibrant reminder of how joyful, inventive, and freeing animation can be. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenVisually inventive cartoon is complemented by clever, whimsical narration and 11 songs from the Beatles. |