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The Beatles: Get Back (TV Miniseries)

The Beatles: Get Back

2021

Peter Jackson

Documentary, Self: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney ...

8.3

2,560

TV Series. Documentary Documentary about the music group The Beatles featuring in-studio footage that was shot in early 1969 for the 1970 feature film 'Let It Be.'

	Author	Review
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Manna for fans and pop historians (...) The restoration and digitization of the 16mm footage and the remixing of the sound are so crisp and fresh that the already intimate material has a dazzling immediacy"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"A celebration of not only one band but also music, creativity and friendship. You can feel Jackson's love and care in every perfectly restored frame (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jem Aswad Variety	"Sound and visuals are approximately three times as bright as the original film. The mood is three times brighter as well. A counter-narrative that makes you question what you thought about the original"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"'Get Back' shows the essential part of their story that has been lost to time and and tragedy, and the reason why this long documentary is so cumulatively moving"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Great, and there's too much of it (...) Both revelatory and exhausting (...) Peter Jackson loves this band, 'The Beatles: Get Back' is full of an astounding amount of treasure, and wading through it all will wear you out"	NEU
United Kingdom	Alexis Petridis The Guardian	"Eight hours of TV so aimless it threatens your sanity (...) You wonder how many viewers will last the distance and if any, other than the maniacs, will take it more than once (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"Peter Jackson just won't let it be (...) As good-looking as it is captivating (...) Joyous, tedious, euphoric and fab, 'The Beatles: Get Back' feels like a documentary made yesterday rather than 52 years ago"	POS
Canada	Peter Martin Screen Anarchy	"[They] weren't able to work out their differences. Before that happened, they could still make beautiful music together, which is a lovely thought and perhaps the most encouraging message that I will take away from [the] series"	POS
United States	Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"A shapeless documentary with a fantastic ending (...) 'The Beatles: Get Back' only truly comes to life when the eponymous band performs, and it happens far less than you might want over the course of 8 hours"	NEU
United States	Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"The definitive volume of footage, but as a coherent, watchable story, this ain't it (...) Hitchcock said, 'movies are like life with the boring bits cut out', and whoo boy, we urge Jackson to reconsider that statement next time"	NEG
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Candid documentary captures frustrations —and fun— of 'Let It Be' sessions (...) One of the most entertaining, compelling and important chapters in filmed music history (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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