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Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)

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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

PG, 1 hr. 49 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Drama

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Feb 8, 2005

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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (10) | DVD (5)

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.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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A lot of effort has gone into this film's production values, but continuity seems, at best, to have been a secondary concern.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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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.

September 10, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Great music can't compensate for underdone plot and self-indulgent staging,

March 10, 2006 Comment
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Token attempt at street cred: if Paul doesn't get the tapes back, he'll be taken over by a sunglasses-wearing business shark.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

It's nice to McCartney and Starr making music together again, but the film mostly flops.

July 30, 2005 Comment

Average story but great songs and set pieces.

April 29, 2005 Comment

A really bad movie that exists solely to showcase McCartney's new tunes.

April 3, 2005 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Vanity project for McCartney. Director Webb has lots of style -- none of it his own.

May 23, 2004 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for Give My Regards to Broad Street

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.

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

Super Reviewer

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.

August 14, 2009
whosinthenews
Brett Warren

Super Reviewer

    1. Harry: Good night, I'm off to Broad Street!
    – Submitted by Rocio R (5 months ago)

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