Fresh
The movie never feels like a nostalgia trip. It moves, breathes and sings with life.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles, starring in their first full-length, hilarious, action-packed film!
1964 · 1h 28m · G
Comedy, Music
Directed by
Richard Lester
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A Hard Day's Night
Overview
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The results remain pop perfection.
John Anderson, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
The whole movie is an ecstatic mix of serendipity and invention. The Beatles were ready for their cinematic breakthrough.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Fresh
Rejected the status quo with an irreverent, quick-cutting documentary style that could fairly be described as mod, rocking and mocking.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh
Let's talk about joy, and about wistfulness, because one so often trails the other, and both are woven into the DNA of A Hard Day's Night.
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
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