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I Wanna Hold Your Hand

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I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:14

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A comedy chronicling 24 hours in the lives of six teenagers from Maplewood, New Jersey, who descend on Manhattan the day The Beatles premiered on the "Ed Sullivan Show," February 8, 1964. Each has... A comedy chronicling 24 hours in the lives of six teenagers from Maplewood, New Jersey, who descend on Manhattan the day The Beatles premiered on the "Ed Sullivan Show," February 8, 1964. Each has a personal agenda: Grace Corrigan is looking for her big break as a photographer; Rosie Petrofsky is the quintessential Beatles fan, and Janice Goldman and Tony Smerko, would do anything to see the performance end in disaster. [More]

Starring: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Theresa Saldana

Starring: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Theresa Saldana, Susan Kendall Newman, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen, Christian Juttner, Will Jordan

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Producer: Tamara Asseyev, Alexandra Rose
Composer: Beatles

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An engaging, slapstick look at the effect the Beatles had on the US when they crossed the Atlantic.

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08/06/07
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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

Delightful sleeper pic about obsessed Beatles fans

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12/07/06
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

In the best scenes, Zemeckis suggests how the Beatles' blend of irreverence, romance and innocence encouraged a kind of youthful rebellion that was almost completely sanctioned.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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06/16/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

If there's a tray full of food within camera range, rest assured that somebody will knock it over. If a stuck-in-the-elevator-on-the-eve-of-an-important-event routine presents itself, rest assured that its staging will be tried and true.

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05/09/05
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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01/03/05
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

The film that started Zemeckis on his rise to fame. Coo coo kachoo.

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11/08/04
Oz
Oz
eFilmCritic.com

Zany Beatles tale which has a lot of truth to it.

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10/16/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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05/29/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times

An interesting social document about a watershed media event as well as a thoroughly entertaining movie.

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01/24/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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01/12/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

There are a few good moments (particularly for people who know the show's host and enjoy the spoof), but it seems an over heavy trip to the uninitiated.

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05/24/03
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03/11/03
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

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11/27/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Zemeckis has better in him...but this is a nice entree

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
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Moviehole

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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