Interesting take, but ultimately the main character is not nearly as interesting as the others he surrounds himself with.

#90s#, story, Sheryl L

I started watching the movie not realizing that one of the main characters was John Lennon. I became interested because I didn't know there was a biopic about the Beatles. Well, there still isn't. This movie teases us into thinking that it's about The Beatles but it's really about Stuart Sutcliffe, the man who was kicked out of the Beatles before they hit it big. Ultimately, I was disappointed that the movie ended up being about him as I found the character uninteresting.

Not bad.

It's dullsville. It may be because the film focuses on Stu Sutcliffe and his story is simply less interesting. It could be because Dorff, a mediocre actor utterly lacking in charisma, was chosen to play him. The screenplay inserts a few apocryphal details, but its mostly flatly straightforward. Hart delivers a nice, if somewhat predictable, characterization of John Lennon as a grouchy wiseacre tempered by an ambitious brilliance.

Great music, compelling story, and decent acting. Definitely a good movie for Beatles fans.