Review of Across the Universe (2007) by Jaredc. — 14 Sep 2007

An exciting thriller of music, romance, violence, and so on. It is the best musical since School of rock, because most musical's suck.

This review of Across the Universe (2007) was written by Jaredc. on 14 Sep 2007.

Across the Universe has generally received positive reviews.

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By Sarah D (585) on 03 Apr 2018

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By Aaron Z (42) on 01 Apr 2018

For the life of me I cannot understand the people that totally disliked this movie... especially the baby boomer generation…

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By Karen E (99) on 29 Jul 2018

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By Christopher Borrelli (29) for Toledo Blade (302) on 14 Dec 2018

The songs are jumbled here, and this may sound like nitpicking, but you can t explain the chaos of Helter Skelter or the sad melancholy of…

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By Lou U (26) on 01 Apr 2018

For the life of me I cannot understand the people that totally disliked this movie... especially the baby boomer generation…

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By Aditya M (389) on 25 Jan 2017

A bit longer than it could have been, but damn the music is heavenly, and the movie is brilliantly inventive with its visuals…

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By Paul K (987) on 04 Dec 2017

Overall good movie, got confusing with symbolism, great tribute to the beatles…

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