Julie Taymor’s ambitious musical Across The Universe is released on Friday, and we have to say we’re intrigued.
Co-written by Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais (famous for, as if you need reminding, TV’s Likely Lads, Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), the flick imagines a love story in Sixties America set to the music of The Beatles. Well, obviously.
We’re intrigued because, like Moulin Rouge, Across The Universe appears to have split critics down the middle (not literally – that’d be disgusting).
Empire magazine calls it ‘wonderful’ and insists the movie will ‘reconfirm your faith that film can provide comfort and solace’. Premiere mag, however, describes it as ‘mortifyingly soft-headed’.
Decide for yourself when it hits cinemas in Devon and Cornwall on Friday. In the meantime, here’s a taster of what to expect. We like the bit before foghorn lady starts barking along to Helter Skelter. Blee!
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