Across the Universe Critic Reviews

Hobbled by its vaguely insulting comic-book version of the '60s and by a humorlessness that can only come from talented people convinced they're creating work for the ages.Read the full review

Here is a bold, beautiful, visually enchanting musical where we walk INTO the theater humming the songs.Read the full review

Goofy, pompous, annoyingly boomer-myopic Fab Four musical.Read the full review

Elements of Across the Universe are shockingly awful and the film lasts at least 30 minutes past the bearable stage. But if you like the Beatles and the idea of hearing about 20 covers of their work fills you with a perverse joy, this may be the movie for you.Read the full review

To call it trippy would be an understatement. Your head might explode. Just don't accuse Taymor of playing it safe.Read the full review

While the songs are recycled, Across the Universe stands out just by existing.Read the full review

Julie Taymor's visual gifts are very much in evidence in Across the Universe, an ambitious, only partly successful attempt to reinvigorate the musical genre.Read the full review

Somewhere around its midpoint, Across the Universe captured my heart, and I realized that falling in love with a movie is like falling in love with another person. Imperfections, however glaring, become endearing quirks once you’ve tumbled.Read the full review

It's all very clever and thought-through, but all the allusions don't much bolster the bland central romance or the paper-thin treatment of '60s social issues.Read the full review