The Beatles: Get Back

Series • 2021 - 2021

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NPR

Even if you don't know much about The Beatles, or don't care much about them, you should watch the final third of this new TV show.

npr.org/2021/11/29/1059727840/the-beatles-get-back-review

The Atlantic

January 1969 is not a great moment for the Beatles. It’s been 15 months since the death of the band’s visionary manager, and as the movie begins the boys are lamenting quite candidly the drift they’ve suffered since the loss of the man they call “Mr. Epstein.”

theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/review-the-beatles-get-back-by-peter-jackson/620872/

Hollywood Reporter

One of the beauties of The Beatles: Get Back — and there are many — is that it doesn’t shape itself as a lead-up to the Fab Four’s final rupture.

hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-beatles-get-back-review-1235051857/

NME

You might not be able to say anything new about The Beatles in 2021, but Jackson hasn't tried. He's shown us instead.

nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/the-beatles-get-back-review-3103706

Vulture

Get Back finds the Beatles reckoning with the weight of being rock royalty.

vulture.com/article/review-peter-jackson-the-beatles-get-back.html

The Independent

The result is The Beatles: Get Back, a three-part documentary that runs to more than seven hours, airing on Disney Plus over consecutive nights this week.

independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-beatles-get-back-review-b1963599.html

Polygon

Jackson’s Get Back is a grueling endurance test, prone to repetition. Its fleeting rhapsodies of song creation spontaneously overflow with magic...

polygon.com/reviews/22803457/the-beatles-get-back-review-documentary

Rotten Tomatoes

It may be too much of a good thing for some viewers, but The Beatles: Get Back offers a thrillingly immersive look at the band's creative process.

rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_beatles_get_back/s01