Help!

G

Released Aug 11, 1965

1h 32m

Musical

Comedy

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86%

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28 Reviews

86%

Audience Score

25,000+ Ratings

In the follow-up to their successful debut musical, "A Hard Day's Night," the Beatles once again offer up a melding of song and slapstick. After Ringo stumbles upon a valuable gem, the band starts getting harassed by a fringe religious group. To escape their sudden stalkers, the boys hit the road. As John, Paul, George and Ringo travel the globe, they perform a mix of musical numbers, singing hits ranging from "Ticket to Ride" to the titular ditty.

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Critics Consensus

Help! finds the Fab Four displaying their infectious charm and humor in an enjoyably madcap adventure.

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Mark Bourne

Film.com

For casual viewers, the whole thing has a retro charm. For Beatles fans, it's a flawed but essential film.

Nov 15, 2007

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Derek Adams

Time Out

A Hard Day's Night may be more primitive, but it also seems more spontaneous.

Feb 9, 2006

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

The boys themselves are exuberant and uninhibited in their own genial way. They just become awfully redundant and -- dare I say it? -- dull.

Rated: 2/5

May 9, 2005

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Pauline Kael

McCall's

It is nothing but a chase, turning a structural device of early movies into the total substance, and without anywhere to go. Help! is all climax, but nothing is prepared for; finally it just exhausts itself and stops.

Sep 20, 2023

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Help! is stylistically different from its predecessor but The Beatles sure know how to put on a performance.

Nov 22, 2021

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

A witless orgy of expensive production that strangles the Beatles, so fresh and spontaneous in [A Hard Day's Night], in a laboriously foolish plot line and smothers them under tons of handsomely colored feathers.

Aug 14, 2019

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Yakking With F

its okay i give it a 4 of 10 its a like james bond movie

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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alan g

Best Beatles movie. A must watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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santana g

the ‘you're gonna lose that girl' performance is beautiful shot

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/24

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Elvis D

Por más que tenga a los Beatles como protagonistas, la película es bastante tonta. Todo es muy random e incoherente cuyo único enfoque es en la persecución por el anillo que porta Ringo. Los chistes son en su mayoría infantiles, con algunos pocos que apenas causan gracia, están solo para rellenar, algunos son forzados o innecesarios y el humor es muy de dibujos animados. De las cosas positivas que se pueden rescatar son las canciones, alguna que otra escena como la del tigre y Paul encogiéndose tipo hombre menguante es bastante buena. La historia del anillo es fascinante, pero el guion es bastante malo y hasta como comedia no causa mucha gracia y puede tornarse aburrida. No es raro que se sepa poco de esta cinta, ya que es una de esas películas hechas para seguir explotando la fama de los artistas musicales al colocarlos en un territorio cinematográfico del cual no tienen mucha experiencia. Help! es en conclusión una mala y sonsa película y por eso la califico con un 5/10.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/23

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Mario P

As a Beatles fanatic, I really enjoyed this feature film. But, if you already had watched it, you would know that some topics, as I should say, have aged badly, to say the least. It is funny, full of juicy action, and, being a musical with The Beatles as the stars of the show, it has a great soundtrack. I hate to say this as a Beatles fan, but I would recommend this to only other Beatles fans, for some featured things have aged, and the movie industry and what a revolutionary movie looks like has changed a lot since 1965, and would not be a very fun watch for newer generations, except the kids who are Beatles fans.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/21/23

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Dave S

Ok film not as witty as s hard days night the top notch music just about saves it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/22

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Synopsis

In the follow-up to their successful debut musical, "A Hard Day's Night," the Beatles once again offer up a melding of song and slapstick. After Ringo stumbles upon a valuable gem, the band starts getting harassed by a fringe religious group. To escape their sudden stalkers, the boys hit the road. As John, Paul, George and Ringo travel the globe, they perform a mix of musical numbers, singing hits ranging from "Ticket to Ride" to the titular ditty.

Director: Richard Lester
Producer: Walter Shenson
Distributor: Criterion Collection, United Artists, The Voyager Company
Production Co: Subafilms, Walter Shenson Films
Rating: G
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 11, 1965, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 24, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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