Exceptionally poor TV "special" with the Beatles and a bunch of uninteresting people going on a bus and riding around. This was made in 1967 for British TV. When it premiered the critics gleefully tore it to pieces. The reviews were so negative that in never even played on American TV. In the 80s a revival cinema showed this (along with "A Hard Days Night", "Help", "Yellow Submarine" AND "Let It Be") and I caught it. To be truthful the critics were right. This thing is a pretty terrible vanity project started by Paul McCartney (who did it again in 1984 with "Give My Regards to Broad Street" that also bombed). There's next to no plot. It's just a bunch of people riding around in a psychedelic bus and seemingly filming anything they see. Also the Beatles play multiple characters in dream sequences...or hallucinations...or whatever the hell they are! This would be impossible to sit through if it weren't for the music and the footage of the Beatles interacting. THAT'S the only reason I'm giving this a 7 (I should add I'm a Beatles fan). Without that this is a boring pointless mess.
Review of Magical Mystery Tour
