Across the Universe2007
Across the Universe (2007)
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as Lucy
as Jude
as Max Carrigan
as Sadie
as Jo-Jo
as Prudence
as Rita
as Jude's Father
as Lucy's Father
as Phil
as Lucy's Mother
as Grandmother Carrigan
as Uncle Teddy
as Daniel's Mother
as Jo-Jo's Brother
as Gospel Singer
as Jo-Jo's Mother
as Bum/Pimp/Mad Hippie
as Rap Magazine Employee
as Dr. Robert
as Mother Superior
as Max's Girl
as Mr. Kite
as Singing Nurse
as Tramp Drumming on Bin Lids
as Bartender at Max's Bar
as Jude's Liverpool Girlfriend
as Cyril
as Jude's Mother
as Cheer Coach
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as Dani
as Katz's Waiter
as Cop at Wharf Warehouse
as Army Sergeant
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Critic Reviews for Across the Universe
All Critics (172) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (91) | Rotten (81) | DVD (8)
The Beatles already survived one attempt by Hollywood to turn them into kitsch -- 1978's infamous Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- and so you have to wonder what they did to deserve Across the Universe.
If you're a fan of the Beatles and their music, of unconventional musicals (this isn't Hairspray) or even of Bono (he has a couple of songs), this trippy trip Across the Universe is one you won't mind taking.
The imagery is pretty astonishing -- Taymor treats some of the more fantastical moments as if she were making big-screen music videos -- and it's all very intelligently done. But it's kind of a silly idea, very intelligently done
Goo goo g'joob; save your money for the Help! DVD.
...the long and winding road that is Julie Taymor's opulent, eye-filling, and disappointingly uninvolving musical extravaganza...
Across the Universe isn't beholden to any stage incarnation. It owes its vision to the vibrant imagination of its director, who created a musical that reminds us how cultural-political events can change our tune.
Audience Reviews for Across the Universe
This ambitious pastiche musical is perhaps just too avant-garde - trying to fit so many Beatles songs and tropes into a cohesive, motivated story about war, class, love, politics, (and failing in a narrative sense) - but dang it all if those crazy, trippy symbolic scenes and performances don't just make you want to have whatever Julie Taymor is having, whether sex, drugs, or rock and roll. Jim Sturgess is the most soulful of down-and-out bums, and it's disappointing that he hasn't gotten more high-profile jobs.
Super Reviewer
The idea of a film telling its love story primarily through Beatles songs is great. An d while some versions of the classic tunes work better than others, the same goes for their according scenes. Overall, the film tries a little too hard, especially the political commentary of the late 60s is unnecessary and forced. A shorter, much more focus movie would have worked so much better. That doesn't change the fact that some, not all, of the music sequences are magical.
Super Reviewer
This may sound harsh, but "Across The Universe" is basically a Beatle-themed "Glee" movie. This isn't necessarily an insult - if you like that show's alternate take on hit songs and how it incorporates the music into its plotlines, then there is no reason not to enjoy this film. If you don't like "Glee", I've probably already talked you out of it.
Super Reviewer
Across the Universe Quotes
| Max Carrigan: | I'm a cross dressing, homosexual, pacifist with a spot on my lung. |
| Dr. Robert: | We're navigators, we're aviators, eatin' taters, masturbatin' alligators, bombardiers, we got no fears, won't shed no tears, we're pushin' the frontiers of transcendental perception. |
| Max Carrigan: | Would you excuse me? I have a date with Uncle Sam. |
| Mr. Kite: | Nice Make of the Woods! |
| Mr. Kite: | Nice make of the woods! |