Documentary film about The Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. The film features an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, their last performance in public. Released just after the album, it was the final original Beatles release. This film has not been commercially available since the 1980s.
The sycophancy of the direction notwithstanding, this survives as a fascinating record of both the Beatles' collapse and their unending power over their audience (us).
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Sanitized it may well be, but agonizing nonetheless -- it's a domestic squabble that somehow touches history.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
26 Sep 2002
rotten:
Let It Be is a relatively innocuous, unimaginative piece of film.