Let It Be
United Artists | Release Date: May 13, 1970 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatPhil Hall
In many ways, Let it Be is the best Beatles film of all since they are not playing the Beatles but rather are being themselves. Read full review
91
ConsequenceLiz Shannon Miller
Get Back is the history. Let It Be is a poem. [2024 Restored Version] Read full review
80
NMEMark Beaumont
There may not be a more punk rock bit of film on earth than George being told the police were on the roof to shut them down, and casually turning his amp back on. For that alone, for all its whitewashing and line-toeing, Let It Be remains a staggering watch. [2024 Restored Version] Read full review
80
The TelegraphNeil McCormick
Time has been kind to Lindsay-Hogg’s film. I felt like I was viewing the period through a fresh perspective, perhaps simply because his editing style and choices (made contemporaneously, without benefit of hindsight or a deeply nostalgic agenda) felt quite radically different to Jackson’s. [2024 Restored Version] Read full review
80
Village VoiceJames Stoller
Let It Be is a very lovely spectacle--a film to make you smile, and with its .16mm tawny colors and pastels, one that invites repeated viewings. [11 Jun 1970, p.55]
80
The GuardianAlexis Petridis
Neither an overlooked masterpiece nor the disaster the Beatles and the critics thought, it’s finally getting a fair shake. [2024 Restored Version] Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Filmed as the Beatles were crumbling under the weight of their own legend, LET IT BE is a milder film than its reputation suggests. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It’s fascinating to return to this movie after many years. [2024 Restored Version] Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Sanitized it may well be, but agonizing nonetheless—it's a domestic squabble that somehow touches history. Read full review
70
The New York TimesHoward Thompson
The very helter‐skelter, unstudied nature of the picture provides a revealing close‐up of the world's most famous quartet, playing, relaxing and chatting. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
As a 16mm cinema verite of four rock musicians in a studio jamming a bit, trying to get their music together, clowning and rapping a little, and finally doing a brief concert, Let It Be is a relatively innocuous, unimaginative piece of film. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy Ide
At the very least it’s a fascinating historical document. However, the fly on the wall songbook approach is draggy and repetitive – this remains a flawed and slightly frustrating music documentary. [2024 Restored Version] Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Tony Palmer
The film is a bore. It's supposed to show how the Beatles work, but it doesn't. Shot without any design, clumsily edited, uninformative and naive, it would have destroyed a lesser group. Read full review
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