Richard Lester's innovative film, the Beatles' debut feature, is a timewarp memento of that brief 1963-4 phase in their history known as Beatlemania.
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04/17/01
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:71
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: A Hard Day's Night, despite its age, is still a delight to watch and has proven itself to be a rock-and-roll movie classic.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, nominated for two Academy Awards and featuring the Beatles in their feature film debut, is one of the greatest rock-and-roll comedy adventures ever. The film has a fully... [More]
Starring: Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Director: Richard Lester
Reviews for A Hard Day's Night
Top CriticFor fans this is a chance to enjoy The Beatles' legendary music and charisma with unprecedented clarity.
04/27/09
Top CriticGreat band, great music, great film. Not only that, it remains a fascinating portrait of Britain on the cusp of change.
04/17/01
Top CriticOne of the most influential films of the past 40 years gets the spit and polish for a reissue -- and it still hasn't aged at all.
12/10/01
The mop-tops are likeably relaxed, with Lennon offering a few welcome moments of his dry, acerbic wit.
06/24/06
Top CriticThat Lester and the Beatles got away with the irreverent and superb Hard Day's Night is, by today's standards, a miracle.
10/15/03
Captures the Beatles when they still looked like they were having fun, back before drugs and psychedelia and Yoko Ono took effect.
10/30/02
The result still seems fresh and different decades later.
11/30/02
...if you don’t like the Beatles, you don’t like rock ’n’ roll. And if you don’t like A Hard Day’s Night, you don’t like movies.
10/30/02
The kind of timeless artifact that, decades after its making, still hits the senses like a burst of fresh air.
03/10/03
We loved them -- yeah, yeah, yeah. Now we can love them all over again.
12/08/00
A sure-fire boxoffice smash.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe rock and roll movie against which all others are measured.
01/01/00
American-born director Richard Lester serves up a helping of what, on this side of the pond, we came to think of as kicky, mod British filmmaking.
09/10/07
One of the great life-affirming landmarks of the movies.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo movie of the 1960s catches that era's irreverent joy and exuberance as much as director Richard Lester's Beatlemania saga.
12/07/00
A love letter to innocence and euphoria and the sheer lifting joy of great pop music.
10/15/02
A kinetic musical extravaganza that proved to detractors there was more to the Beatles than mop-tops and melodic pop hooks.
01/01/00
These three-minute singles still feel vibrant and alive.
01/01/00
Richard Lester's tangential, effortlessly clever ode to the Fab Four, given the re-mastered print and soundtrack treatment, still feels fresh and alive.
12/07/00
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