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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:3

Rotten:17

Average Rating:2.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Henry Edwards creates a thin story line to tie the Beatles' popular album together. Grinch-like Mean Mr. Mustard menaces the happy hamlet of Heartland until pop wunderkind Billy Shears (Frampton)... Henry Edwards creates a thin story line to tie the Beatles' popular album together. Grinch-like Mean Mr. Mustard menaces the happy hamlet of Heartland until pop wunderkind Billy Shears (Frampton) resurrects the villain's musical nemeses--the titular band--and brings mirth back to the town. [More]

Starring: Peter Frampton, George Burns, Frankie Howerd, Donald Pleasence

Starring: Peter Frampton, George Burns, Frankie Howerd, Donald Pleasence, Sandy Farina, Dianne Steinberg, Billy Preston, Steve Martin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bee Gees

Director: Michael Schultz

Director: Michael Schultz
Producer: Robert Stigwood

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Aug 12, 2003

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A motion picture whose awfulness can hardly be imagined on a human scale.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/16/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

You need not see it to believe it.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

Indescribably awful.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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I stared at the screen wondering how anyone thought this could possibly have found an audience, even in the degraded '70s.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A fascinating mess with strong retro camp appeal.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
07/01/02
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

The music is really good, too. Never mind the 'story.'

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/19/06
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Oh yeah, the Bee Gees are much better than that other band.

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08/29/05
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Sitting through what passes for a story here is like trying to make a meal out of a can of vanilla frosting. ...The comments on the test screening scorecards must have been priceless.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
08/19/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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10/10/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Mermerizingly awful. A bad idea, badly executed

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10/02/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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07/29/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

This isn't a movie, it's a business deal set to music.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/09/05
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Inert musical set to the bubblegum music of the popular 1967 Beatles album.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
04/12/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The only reason to watch this is to laugh at how bad it was. That, and the haircuts.

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06/08/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

gleefully nutty chaos!

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09/19/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

No review available.

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07/07/05
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This crass moral pantomime is plain embarrassing.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

Pathetic acting and a scattershot plot sink this pitiful attempt by producer Robert Stigwood to turn the landmark Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band into an engaging film.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/10/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A totally bubblegum and cotton candy melange of garish fantasy and narcissism.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/10/07
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