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Help!

1965

Richard Lester

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

6.2

2,468

Comedy. Musical After the worldwide success of A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles and director Richard Lester reunited for a follow-up film, Eight Arms to Hold You. Well, that wasn't the final title; a pleading Lennon-McCartney tune provided the catchier handle: Help! A loose semispoof of the globe-trotting James Bond pictures, Help! has always been considered a somewhat disorganized comedown from its predecessor; but it presents "the famous Beatles" even ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Ira Robbins Entertainment Weekly	"The music (including Ticket to Ride) is wonderful and the European scenery an eyeful, but this is ultimately a movie starring the Beatles rather than a Beatles movie, and there’s a big difference"
		Variety Staff Variety	"Help! is a good, nimble romp with both giggles and belly-laughs"
		David Parkinson Empire	"The music, even after a quarter of a century, is the film's redemption"

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