Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

classicsoncall This is the kind of film that was hip back in the day, but along with the prior Beatles flick "A Hard Day's Night" and the Monkees' "Head", this picture is almost embarrassing today, if not downright tedious. I think one can be a Beatles fan and realize the whole attempt here was pretty silly, grown men running around and mugging the camera in a story line that might have appealed to a teenager during the Fab Four's heyday. I have to say though, the plot would have been right up a horror film director's alley, say in the 1940's, calling for the recovery of a dreaded, sacred, sacrificial ring of the fearful Kaili. I could see Lon Chaney or Bela Lugosi involved with something like that.Ringo Starr pretty much takes center stage here as the bearer of the Kaili ring, and he's about to become a human sacrifice unless the ring finds it's way back to the High Priest Clang (Leo McKern). John and Paul have almost as much screen time as their drummer, with George taking a noticeable back seat in terms of on screen participation. The best thing about the picture as most viewers acknowledge is the song list offered from the Beatles album of the same name. If you're a Beatles fan you can sing along, although I can't remember the last time I might have heard 'Another Girl', so that was a neat addition to the film as part of the catalog.At one point in the story, someone acknowledges the singers, it might have been Clang, by saying "So this is the famous Beatles, eh?" My best advice if you're brand new on the scene and just getting around to the music of the Sixties and the Beatles legacy, don't get turned off by this early movie effort. If faced with the choice of watching "A Hard Day's Night" or listening to their music, I'd say go with the album.

Jackson Booth-Millard Directed by Richard Lester (Robin and Marian, Superman II), in their second feature film together, following A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles continue to be known to the world as one of the greatest and most influential pop bands of the 60s and 70s. Basically sacrificial ring has gone missing from an Eastern cult, Ringo Starr (as Ringo), drummer of The Beatles, is wearing it after it was sent to him, he assumed it was from a fan. Several cult members, including Clang (Leo McKern), Ahme (Eleanor Bron) and Bhuta (John Bluthal) leave for London, England to find the ring, and eventually find Ringo, and the other band members George Harrison (as George), John Lennon (as John) and Paul McCartney (as Paul). They make several failed attempts to steal the ring, but they eventually confront Ringo in an Indian restaurant, he is freaked to find out that if he does not return the ring, he will become the next sacrifice, but is is stuck on his finger. John, Paul and George try to protect their friend, not just from the cult members, but also from mad scientist Foot (Harry and the Wrinklies' Victor Spinetti) and his assistant Algernon (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory's Roy Kinnear), and a Scotland Yard Inspector (Patrick Cargill), eventually all The Beatles end up going on the run. In the end The Beatles and all pursuing characters end up on a beach together, Ringo unintentionally throws the ring off his finger, he, George, John and Paul run around for fun while the police rush about arresting some of the characters, Bhuta with the ring on becomes the new target for sacrifice. This film does have a bit more of a storyline than the previous film the band appeared in, compared it is not as exhilarating or fun as it, but there are some relatively amusing moments, and it does have some of their greatest songs, including the title song, "Ticket to Ride" and "I Need You", and an a cappella version of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125", this is a fun enough musical comedy. It was nominated the BAFTAs for Best British Cinematography and Best British Costume. The Beatles were number 4 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Worth watching!

miss-so The British musical film HELP ! Is a good movie for the Beatles fans because there is a wide choice of music, however I have absolutely not understood the story of this film I found that she did not really make sense and I prefer movies with a concrete history because I find it more difficult to dive into the movie and to be interested by the film when the story is 'absurd' if can say it like that. I find even though the characters were well integrated in their role and that some passage of the film was funny. I think this movie can be a enjoyable to looking with friends or family, but especially the ideal film to watch if you are a big fan of the Beatles!

garylcamp Hard Days Night (HDN) was quite good, Help was awful. If I had watched the directors comment I would have been even more disappointed. He was right on in analysis but execution failed. It was not that funny, had stupid instead of rye humor, really dumb story line. I cant understand why HDN was so good and this so bad. It was bad in 1966 when I saw it and bad in 2015 when I watched it again. I knew it was bad but just watched HDN again and gave it a chance. Mistake.It is the story line and dialog that was bad, not the cast (support actors were fair, Beatles were Beatles). Directing was OK given the poor script but I just don't understand why it was approved by Beatles and director, who normally have better taste.It was silly rather than clever. I thought there was more plausible plot in HDN. And more cohesive and connected continuity too. Help was just a collection of silly scenes not much connected together except for returning to the the stupid plot-line occasionally.