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Let It Be is a relatively innocuous, unimaginative piece of film.
Variety Staff, Variety
Let It Be
An intimate bioscopic experience with The Beatles.
1970 · 1h 21m · G
Documentary, Music
Directed by
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
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Let It Be
Overview
A documentary chronicling the Beatles' rehearsal sessions in January 1969 for their proposed "back to basics" album, "Get Back," later re-envisioned and released as "Let It Be."
Director and cast
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg Director
- John Lennon as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
- Paul McCartney as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
- George Harrison as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
- Ringo Starr as Self - The Beatles (uncredited)
- Billy Preston as Self (uncredited)
- George Martin as Self (uncredited)
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg as Self (uncredited)
- Geoff Emerick as Self (uncredited)
- Mal Evans as Self (uncredited)
- Yoko Ono as Self (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sanitized it may well be, but agonizing nonetheless -- it's a domestic squabble that somehow touches history.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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
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