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Metascore
24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWit, joy, imagination, and sensational mid-'60s music.
- 100Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonConveys not just a joy in music and The Beatles, but a joy in cinema.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNo movie has had a greater impact on the way people looked. The music of course is immortal.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonOne of the most excitingly contemporary musicals ever made.
- 100Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIt enables us to recapture exactly the delightful sensations felt all those years ago when we and the world were young and exciting together.
- 100Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIt doesn't matter how many times you see these images. They're always exciting.
- 100New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsAs joyously energetic now as the day it arrived.
- 100SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinWatching the opening of A Hard Day's Night is like getting a direct injection of happiness.
- 100Miami HeraldHoward CohenMiami HeraldHoward CohenLester managed to come up with a movie that not only holds together as a film but one that has proven timeless and rewards repeat viewings.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderLester serves up a helping of what, on this side of the pond, we came to think of as kicky, mod British filmmaking