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Help! (1965)
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Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 19
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Synopsis: The Beatles followed up their debut film, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, with this fanciful spy spoof. When Ringo adds a new ring to his collection, he's unaware of how important and dangerous this piece of... The Beatles followed up their debut film, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, with this fanciful spy spoof. When Ringo adds a new ring to his collection, he's unaware of how important and dangerous this piece of jewelry is. On one hand, a religious cult considers it a sacred object and the wearer must become a sacrifice to their gods. On the other hand, the ring has magical abilities that hold the key to supreme power. Soon the boys from Liverpool are engaged in a slapstick and madcap chase round the world, as a crazed scientist, a pack of crooks, and several religious fanatics set out to capture the band. Watch for the English Channel swimmer who seems to be perpetually lost and appears in nearly every location. Includes Beatles' hits including "Help!," "Ticket To Ride," "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away," and many more. [More]
Starring: Beatles, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Roy Kinnear
Starring: Beatles, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Roy Kinnear, Victor Spinetti
Director: Richard Lester
Director: Richard Lester
Screenwriter: Marc Behm, Charles Wood
Producer: Walter Shenson
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Reviews for Help!
For casual viewers, the whole thing has a retro charm. For Beatles fans, it's a flawed but essential film.
Beatles fans have always been too kind in overlooking the film's obvious flaws.
A Hard Day's Night may be more primitive, but it also seems more spontaneous.
Lester's anarchic absurdity and quick cut camera gags make for a pretty good whole.
The boys themselves are exuberant and uninhibited in their own genial way. They just become awfully redundant and -- dare I say it? -- dull.
Brilliant, elaborate, mildly subversive follow-up to A Hard Day's Night. Lester at his best.
It really was phenomenal for the time, but even then, a bit thin around the edges. Our boys got to joke and meander about in a spy time spoof. Fun.
More cinematically influential than you know, this film showed that the Fab Four had great comic timing amongst their other already well-documented skills.
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