Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade

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2025

2h 14m

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Biography

Music

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A visionary new documentary exploring the final decade of John Lennon's life in extraordinary detail. Follow the legend as he evolves beyond The Beatles, creating revolutionary music and standing at the forefront of anti-war protests that would make him one of the most influential pop culture icons of all time.

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

May 3

2/5

But at 140 minutes, the film is overextended and editorially slipshod.

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Film Threat

May 14

9/10

Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade is the ultimate gift to your inner hippie with a very punk rock way of delivery.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

May 2

2/5

This is essentially a recap of known knowns, which relies heavily on talking heads to link the standard archive clips in the absence of any of Lennon's music, which is bafflingly marginalised.

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Colin S

@RT17794460 Jun 17

I was very disappointed with this. As soon as it started, (without any actual Lennon or Beatles music), I suspected it was going to be underwhelming. Mostly talking heads with the usual suspects and very little footage that we haven’t seen a million times. Nothing new or interesting, unless you've never seen a Lennon documentary before.

Tom M

@RT77934561 May 7

A new doc about Lennon's last years. A couple of new revelations in there, but one that just didn't ring true to me. Lots of the same old same old talking heads cashing in on the chief moptop. Without the music and greater archive footage, it's just more gassing on about the private life of a great artist.

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Alan G. Parker

Director

Tariq Ali

Self

Helen Anderson

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Vinny Appice

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Alan G. Parker

Screenwriter

Alexa Morris

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Director: Alan G. Parker
Producer: Alexa Morris
Screenwriter: Alan G. Parker
Distributor: Liverpool West Productions
Production Co: Borrowed Time The Movie
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2025
Runtime: 2h 14m

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