Movie Review

Across the Universe
"I'll write home everyday and I'll send all my loving to you...Love is all you need." This famous Beetle's song is just one of the many included in the movie. Across the Universe stars Jim Sturgess as Jude and Joe Anderson as Maxwell. The screenplay for the 1960 movie was written by Julie Taymor. The musical follows through WW2 when Max who wants nothing to do with school, brings Jude home for Thanksgiving, where he falls in love-at-first-sight with Lucy, Jude and Max move to New York and moves in with Sadie where Fame threatens to rip Jojo and Sadie apart. Overall this movie/musical touches on all key events while also reflecting evetns in the Beatles career.

The music is fantantic, it's reworked version's of all those familair Beatle's songs sung quite wonderfully by the cast. A stunning sequence to civil rights pulls at the heart strings no doubt with a gospel version "Let It Be" that would make Ray Charles proud. "I Want You", takes you on a nightmarish,surreal trip from draft papers to the fields of Vietnam ending with action figure soldiers. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is a song about affection sung by Prudence making her slow motion through football players.

Just as good as the music was the actor's characters were remarkable. New York Times states,"Julie Taymor used her great imagination and made the movie 2 stories that was personal and one geneational."(2009) "Julie Taymor's adventure in Beatle land is a huge success, riping the songs that defined a generation." (2007) "Sturgess keeps the film grounded with a rumpled earthly charm and Wood brings much-needed emotional depth."(2008)

This true musical is perfect for those who just wanna sing along and enjoy good music, possibly even birng back memories. Their amazing body of work mostly depends on Vietnam, race riots, and flower power. Julie Taymor did and excellant display of art and history. The music is redone in a way that's original and shows the characters different talents. It's a movie I could watch over and over again.