Review of Backbeat (1994) by Kris V — 28 Mar 2010
HORRIBLE MISREPRESENTATION OF SUTCLIFFE AND OF LENNON. AVOID THIS FILM LIKE THE PLAGUE UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE AN UNBELIEVABLY SUPERFICIAL AND BANAL MOVIE. ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT THIS FILM IS A BRUTAL FIGHT SCENE THAT IS ENTIRELY UNTRUE AND FABRICATED AND HAS NOT ONE OUNCE OF TRUTH TO IT, IT SHOWS SUTCLIFFE BEATING UP A A FRIEND OF HIS GIRLFRIEND, IN A JEALOUS RAGE. SUTCLIFFE WAS GENTLE AND NONVIOLENT,ACCORDING TO QUOTES BY LENNON AND HARRISON IN REAL LIFE, AND THIS SCENE MAKES HIM SEEM LIKE A MONSTER. THE FILM MAKES LENNON SEEM LIKE A WHINNY HOMOPHOBIC ANGRY MESS, AND THERE IS NO DELVING INTO WHY LENNON AND SUTCLIFFE WERE SO COMPATIBLE AND DEEPLY CLOSE AND CARING FRIENDS. SUTCLIFFE WAS A GENTLE ARTIST, HE SOON TIRED OF THE ROCK AND ROLL LIFE, AND WAS A DEEP THINKER, INTELLIGENT, AND CARING. ANY BIO BOOK ON HIM CLEARLY STATES THAT, AND HIS FRIENDS AND THE BEATLES HAVE MADE MANY QUOTES ABOUT HIS TRUE CHARACTER. THIS FILM IS RUBBISH AND MAKES HIM OUT TO BE A JERK WITH NO REASON TO BE A MOODY JERK.
THE PERFORMANCE BY DORFF AND IAN HART ARE GREAT, BUT THE SCREENPLAY IS GARBAGE. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS ONE,.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE A MORE REALISTIC VERSION OF SUTCLIFFE, WATCH THE TV BIOPIC CALLED "LENNON".
This review of Backbeat (1994) was written by Kris V on 28 Mar 2010.
Backbeat has generally received positive reviews.
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