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Movie Info

Christopher Munch's boldly original debut, THE HOURS AND TIMES (1992), is a fictional account of what might have happened in April 1963, when John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein traveled to Barcelona for an extended weekend getaway. In the four days they spend together, the suave Epstein (played by David Angus) and the provocative Lennon (Ian Hart in his first starring role) reflect on their lives, both private and professional, as they explore the unique bond they share. Munch's sparse and intimate narrative, captured with exquisite black-and-white cinematography, is a thoughtful meditation on friendship and sexuality, crafted around a brief moment in the lives of two extremely well-known pop figures.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama, Musical & Performing Arts
Directed By:

Christopher Münch
Written By:

Christopher Münch
In Theaters:

Mar 1, 2019 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

May 31, 2005
Runtime:

60 minutes
Studio:

Oscilloscope Laboratories

Cast

Ian Hart
as John Lennon

David Angus
as Brian Epstein

Stephanie Pack
as Marianne

Robin McDonald (II)
as Quinones

Sergio Moreno
as Miguel

Unity Grimwood
as Mother

David Loeb

Unity Greenwood
as Mother

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Critic Reviews for The Hours and Times

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (3)

Its extreme low-budget charms elude this spectator.

February 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Geoff Brown
Times (UK)
Top Critic
[Writer/director Christopher Munch] is greatly aided by Ian Hart's deft impersonation of the cocky yet sensitive Lennon and David Angus's considered portrayal of the tortured Epstein.

February 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Stephen Amidon
Financial Times
Top Critic
The film delivers intellectual archeology, a rediscovery of states of mind and mood that shook the world; Münch's calm, contemplative, and quietly astonished direction vibrates with the historic excitement of the moment.

February 26, 2019 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
Top Critic
A sharp, concise, evocative film about friendship, about its limitations and the recognition of those limitations.

August 30, 2004 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
Top Critic
A dynamic and frank depiction of friendship and same-sex attraction that's well worth revisiting.

February 26, 2020 | Full Review…

Caden Mark Gardner
Hyperallergic
Easily the most engaging fiction film made about The Beatles.

March 2, 2019 | Full Review…

Patrick Dahl
Screen Slate
It's short (57 minutes) and sweet.

March 1, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Tim Appelo
AARP Movies for Grownups
Even though the film runs just shy of an hour, the production values equal that of a studio blockbuster!

February 27, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
All these years later, this landmark of Queer Cinema still has power, even if it seems downright quaint.

February 27, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Movie Nation
John Lennon and his manager Epstein's trip to Barcelona is the only factual element in Munch's original film, an evocative meditation on the friendship between two men who could not have been more different.

December 14, 2005 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
John Lennon and Brian Epstein must have been fascinating people, so to force these two unique men to have conversations that are beyond banal is incredibly bizarre.

October 29, 2003 | Rating: 25/100

David Nusair
Apollo Guide
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September 5, 2003 | Rating: 4/5

Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Audience Reviews for The Hours and Times

Sep 04, 2007

acount of what happend when john lennon and beatles manager brian epstein vacated to barcelona for 4 days before beatlemania broke out, as lennon for reasons needed to get away, here we see them have various conversations in hotel rooms and lobbys, and the film suggests that while epstein is and confirmed his sexuall position(he was gay) but also that he and lenon had a fasination with each other, and actually something was going on and suggests lennnon was actually gay, a great talking heads piece, we go from conversation to conversation, fasinating watching these 2 actors go to work, ian hart as lennon, and david angus as epstein are perfect, there acents spot on, hart with his liverpool acent and angus perfectly showing a stiff upper lip englishman, wether this happend who knows, but im sure epstein has confirmed some of this life, and at a very short 55 mins, not sure this can be clast as a film, but with its black and white photoghraphy, and great acting, im reviewing it on here, a great commpanion piece to other beatles film backbeat

scott g Super Reviewer