All you need is love.
A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, mind exploration and rock 'n' roll, the film moves from the dockyards of Liverpool to the creative psychedelia of Greenwich Village, from the riot-torn streets of Detroit to the killing fields of Vietnam. The star-crossed lovers, Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counter-culture movements, with "Dr Robert" (Bono) and "Mr Kite" (Eddie Izzard) as their guides. Tumultuous forces outside their control ultimately tear the young lovers apart, forcing Jude and Lucy - against all odds - to find their own way back to each other.
Special Agent Matti
Oh, right. Across the universe is like Rent for Baby Boomers with a little Moulin Rouge thrown in. The score is almost all Beatles songs woven into a tale of the radical Sixties, with protest movements, the Vietnam War, free sex, acid trips, bohemian lifestyles and so-on. It's a little bit predictable but the songs are really good and the singing is more than acceptable. Enjoy.
The musical, romantic comedy movie Across the universe is directed by Julie Taymor and stars Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson.
M (Moderate violence, infrequent moderate coarse language, drug references and nudity)
133 minutes (2:13 hours)
Film: 1 November 2007
