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A Hard Day's Night

1964

Richard Lester

The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison ...

6.7

6,067

Comedy. Musical The Beatles--the world's most famous rock and roll band--travel from their home town of Liverpool to London to perform in a television broadcast. Along the way they must rescue Paul's unconventional grandfather from various misadventures and drummer Ringo goes missing just before the crucial concert.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It was smart, it was irreverent, it didn't take itself seriously, and it was shot and edited by Richard Lester in an electrifying black-and-white (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A larky and quaint fantasy (...) [It] captures the spirit of the times and the band themselves are so unselfconsciously awful at acting that this has documentary value (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Its visions of Britain and stardom are as peculiar and vivid as they were half-a-century ago, and it all remains roaringly funny (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"[It] offers both a perfect showcase for the Beatles and an intriguing snapshot of fast-changing, early-1960s British society"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"'A Hard Day's Night' changed the visual presentation of pop forever (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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