Across the Universe
Monday, September 8th, 2008
“Across the Universe” is a mess.
There’s no denying that.
It is poorly paced and badly structured, and at times its feather-light plot and contrived or obligatory numbers become tedious.
But at one point, about halfway through, I decided just to go along for the ride.
I delighted in every brash, bold choice, whether it worked or not.
I let the poignant moments move me, whether or not I intellectually felt that they were contrived.
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.
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Warning:- this post does contain the films Goofs. May spoil the film.
… now for Magic’s Technical Bit:
Director
Julie Taymor
Writers
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Release Date
28 September 2007 (UK)
Genre
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
Tagline
All you need is love.