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Reviews Counted:34
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Average Rating:6.1/10
hen Stu begins his relationship with Astrid, the film begins to lose its way, partly because it sinks into bathos and partly because Lee never captures the character. And we're talking about the bulk of the movie.
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Since director Iain Softley seems more interested in establishing tone and atmosphere than in creating vital personalities, he is unable to harness the full power of his story.
Top CriticWriter-director Iain Softley went out and bought the Paint-By-Numbers kit for making a rock 'n' roll movie.
At the end, I felt cheated.
Top CriticDorff's Stu is always a bit too low-key, even when he's doing his painting, so as a dramatic character he never becomes all that interesting.
If anybody ever makes a good film about the early days of the Beatles, I would love to see it. My recommendation is to pass this one by and look for one of the many Beatles documentaries if you want to know more.
The early, pre-fame days of the Beatles are a great subject for a film, but the potential has been only partly realized in Backbeat.
Top CriticAll the cast give credible performances.
First-time director Iain Softley makes the film more visually distinctive than most music bios.
Iain Softley directs his feature debut with simplicity and feeling, and you don't have to have been a Beatles fan to get with the beat. Gives you hope for the British film industry.
Nice look at the early life of the Beatles.
The music, done here by a group of grunge all-stars, doesn't even attempt to sound dead-on, but remains mostly true to the raucous spirit of the time.
Backbeat is a tragedy for sure, but it’s a tragedy with one hell of a soundtrack.
points to the tragic irony of immortality being achieved through early death
The film tells the story of the original, little-known fifth Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, a young painter with rock n' roll sensibility who in 1960 forgoes his promising art career to join his best friend John Lennon (nicely played by Ian Hart) in Berlin
A raucous film about the Beatles before they made it big
The music is loud and raw, but nevertheless evokes the excitement it generated.
interesting, colorful backstage Beatles chronicle
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