Across the Universe (4K UltraHD + Blu-ray) PG-13

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: January 9, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2007
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
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4 stars out of 5 -- [I]t's wonderful. A testament to both the enduring emotional power of the Fab Four's music...and Taymor's unbridled artistic brio...
Empire
Oct 1, 2007
There are some neat hallucinogenic effects here....The infectious energy of the music lends the film a gleeful dynamism...
Sight and Sound
Nov 1, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- It's more than a nostalgia trip. The real pleasure lies in Taymor's ability to make it all seem brand new. Full Review
Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 2, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- Across the Universe is a platinum long-play that makes a kitsch exquisite Jacques Demy caviar. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
Fotogramas
Mar 27, 2019
If you're willing to love it, you let an ambitious film like this in and you let its faults grow on you. All you need is love indeed. Full Review
MTV
Mar 27, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- All the musical numbers have their own temperature and the narrative digression is the order of the day, inscribed in a fabulous explosion of colors, music and dance choreography. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
Sensacine
Mar 27, 2019
The imagery is pretty astonishing -- Taymor treats some of the more fantastical moments as if she were making big-screen music videos -- and it's all very intelligently done. But it's kind of a silly idea, very intelligently done Full Review
NPR.org
Oct 18, 2008

Product Description:

The Beatles' songs may have provided the soundtrack for the lives of those coming of age in the 1960s, but their extensive catalogue acts as the literal soundtrack in this romantic musical from visionary director Julie Taymor. Newcomer Jim Sturgess stars as Jude, a young man working on the docks in Liverpool. Eager to escape, he travels to Princeton where he meets Max (Joe Anderson). But it's his meeting with Max's younger sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) that changes him. They quickly fall in love, but their relationship is tested by the chaos of the late 1960s and Max's unwilling tour in Vietnam. Throughout the film, characters burst into classics from the Beatles: frat boys sing "With a Little Help from My Friends," while Uncle Sam bursts from a recruitment poster with strains of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)." U2's Bono makes a cameo as a counterculture leader and croons "I Am the Walrus," and actor-comedian Eddie Izzard provides a trippy rendition of "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite."

Sturgess has the voice, charm, and good looks to fill Shea Stadium with hordes of screaming young women. As Jude, he's earnest and certainly capable of carrying the film. Wood capably balances Lucy's naiveté and knowledge, easily moving between her love for Jude and her passion for her cause. Though the performances are strong, it's Taymor's gifted direction that makes ACROSS THE UNIVERSE so fascinating to watch. As in FRIDA and Broadway's THE LION KING, she proves herself an artist with creativity few can match. Director of photography Bruno Delbonnel also deserves praise for his contribution to the striking visuals. He has worked with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on AMELIE and A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, and he brings the same sense of romance and whimsy to this unique musical.

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