GamerTab That was an excellent one.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

tedg Its hard to fathom right now, but at the end of the 60s, the nature and future of narrative was in the hands of The Beatles. They had consciously experimented with new forms based on underlying mechanics that today would be called "new age" and considered bogus. Their White Album was based on the kabbalistic structure of Alice in Wonderland, obfuscated by superficial stories and elaborated by hallucinogenic dynamics.One of the "best friends" during this period (friends of John and Ringo) was Nilssen. Out of that relationship came this.It preserves some of the mechanics: the relationship of small form song narrative to a larger assembly; the hallucinogenic imagery in word and film; the references to Pepperland and Alice, and even after a period of fighting for Ringo, he appears as the narrator. But as Harry was essentially a sweet drunk, it lacks the underlying ambition of The Beatles: to re- invent the common cosmology around less destructive geometry.Taymor would mine this for her visual exploration of the Beatles.And because Nilssen was a sex addict as well, much of the key imagery follows that, allowing for the transmission through the director/artist. (This whole thing was written during a series of sexually enhanced acid trips.) For instance, the first "pointless" thing with a point after the stoned guy is three dancing fecund redheads. Check out redheaded Marijke, the Beatles' Tarot reader of this period.As with Beatles songs, this is appreciated for its small form sweetness, and the larger aspiration is ignored or discounted as naive.Except for perhaps the inescapable notion of going to the forbidden, unknown and risky "forest" to discover self.Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

PsychedelicVirus First of all I must say this is probably one of my favorite animated films of all time, the music is off of one of my favorite albums of all time, and the animation is very unique and of it's time. That out of the way one of the most annoying complaints I here about this movie is that the message of racial tolerance is way to ham-fisted. Well yes, it is ham-fisted, yet it was a broadcast "cartoon" and that message is one of the bigger messages in it, so it could be more easily understood by the masses. However the message I dig most about the picture is that every thing has a point or a purpose. (except for the pointed man who said, "a point in every direction is the same as no point at all" and the fact that he was of no real help and he didn't really do anything for the plot) Anyway enough rambling, If you like good music, beautifully animated films, or just something to show the kids that has an easy to understand wholesome message watch this film, you'll be thankful you did.

baorkin Absolutely wonderful animated film. Great to watch with kids from 4 to 104. The version with Ringo Starr as the narrator has recently been re-released. I personally prefer the versions narrated by Dustin Hoffman and Alan Thicke but Ringo is fine, as well. Great birthday or holiday gift for a child from 4-12. It can be watched over and over. I first saw it at age 17 and used it as the starting "point" for a high school retreat. I started watching it with my children when they were toddlers, and I am seeing it again with with my youngest who is now 15 and seeing it for his 3-4th time. He asked to watch it with his younger cousin who had not seen it yet. A gem.

Bizattle My father would always talk about this movie growing up. He owns the record, which in time, found myself listening to his music. But I'd never seen the film. When I heard the DVD was available I quickly logged on, bought it and flew back home all the way from California to NY to surprise my dad. We made a night out of watching it, only for him to say that it was not the film he'd seen. But this wasn't because of the narration, as I've read from others reviews. He says it was animated differently. IS THIS TRUE?? Has anyone ever seen a different LOOKING version? I'm curious to see the "original" if that is the case.