Waste of time

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

The acting in this movie is really good.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

To see the quality of this movie, you have to ignore the idea that anyone might take it as truth; it was never meant to fool anyone. You even have to ignore the idea that it's a satire of the conspiracy theories, though it is. But this film's real strength is as a piece of speculative fiction. What if Paul really did die? How did the Beatles come up with all of these clues, and where did the references come from? It tells the tale of an alternate universe where the assassination of John Lennon and the attempted assassination of George Harrison are interconnected by the death of Paul McCartney. It not only chronicles the theories that actually existed, but in fact adds new ones. It's a dedicated look into a what-if situation.I think the biggest problem is that it's too long. The concept wears thin after a while.

The only reason I gave this 2 stars was because, although completely absurd in its premise, the movie does nicely put together an interesting collage of Beatle footage, that, now in 2012, has become historic and almost epic in nature. Other than that, since we're hearing Paul's voice clearly singing on his "post-death" tunes, what did those MI-5 conspirators do?: in 1966, anticipating that he was going to be killed, record him singing those songs for use for future songs? Obviously, no. Or, is it possible that one of the other Beatles took voice lessons and learned how to sing like Paul? Obviously, no. If they brought in someone to sing Paul's parts, then who was he? Where is he? Funny how that issue was conveniently passed over. And, bringing up Heather Mills' amputated leg in relation to the mysterious "Rita" in Paul's alleged 1966 car crash is rather absurd now isn't it? I mean, Mills wasn't even a twinkle in her daddy's eye in 1966. Another thing rather laughable was, if it wasn't for incorporating the old "power of suggestion" by the filmmakers boldly stating what they think the backwards lyrics are "saying" as subtitles, most of those come off as simple gibberish. Sure, it's well known that the Beatles were fond of using reverse loops in their music, but that doesn't automatically make dozens of backward lyrical phrases hidden "Paul-is-dead" statements. Please.Also, if you're going to go through all that trouble to create a conspiracy documentary, at least don't insult our intelligence with incorrect facts, in this case by maintaining "Let it Be" was their last album. It was "Abbey Road." Like the JFK, the 9/ll, the Pearl Harbor, and God knows what all conspiracy theories conspiracy buffs love to float, this falls completely flat on its face right out of the gate in its very premise. As the old saying goes, this documentary is "all sizzle, but no steak."

Growing up in the 1960's I was a huge Beatles fan and remember vividly the "Paul is dead" hoax back in the fall of 1969. Naturally, out of curiosity, I also looked at the clues that I heard about on the radio and, like an immature 15 year old, I played my Beatles records backwards. The only thing I really got out of it all was that I ruined some of my records in the process.When I saw this "mockumentary" on Amazon I bought it, again out of curiosity. Unfortunately, my curiosity got the best of my wallet and nothing else. The "voice" was not George Harrison's, but a cheap imitation. Also, what was really insulting to the intelligence of core Beatles fans was the film's awful chronological inaccuracies. For example, "George" talks about the album "Rubber Soul" and it's song contents that offered clues to Paul's demise. Unfortunately, this album was recorded in the Fall of 1965 and released by Capital/EMI for Christmas of that year; a FULL year BEFORE Paul's fatal accident in November, 1966."George" states that "Yesterday and Today" (which was only released by Capital in the US and not in the UK) was made AFTER "Revolver". Again, bull twinkies. Revolver was released by EMI on August 5, 1966, almost a full THREE months before Paul's "accident"; "Yesterday and Today" was released in the late Spring of 1966, again a terrible inaccuracy in the timeline. In short: a lot of goofs, but possibly unnoticed by those who know nothing about Beatles music.This film is an insult to George Harrison. George was a remarkably brilliant musician and couldn't possibly be inaccurate about these accounts.If Paul's death was an MI5 cover up, then why didn't the CIA cover up Elvis' death in 1977? I'm sure that hundreds of Elvis fans would have jumped out of windows upon hearing about his death! Is MI5 more competent than the CIA? Never mind, you don't have to answer that question!All in all, this film is awful. Don't waste your money on it.

I really have only one thing to state about this movie, that its worth the watch. Yes the ideas are a little far fetched and apparently not true (since everyone on here seems to know the men from The Beatles personally so they know this isn't true.....) but I found it very interesting. Whether it was true or not, they made their case very clear and it actually started to sound like it might possibly be true. Maybe they shouldn't have called it a documentary, maybe it should of been called a mockumentary.All I can say, if you plan on watching this, is go into it with an open mind and take what you want from it. Don't expect an Oscar worthy film, because it is far from it.