Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 24, 1978 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Like The Star Wars Christmas Special, Sgt. Pepper puts a beloved, ubiquitous cultural institution in a new context so staggeringly, mind-bogglingly inappropriate that it engenders an intense, almost unbearable level of cognitive dissonance. Read full review
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will attract some grown-up flower children of the 1960s who will soon find the Michael Schultz film to be a totally bubblegum and cotton candy melange of garish fantasy and narcissism. Read full review
20
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
This crass moral pantomime is plain embarrassing. Read full review
12
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Indescribably awful—a serving up of Beatles tunes by Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees with the ugliest visuals imaginable, directed with more glitz than good sense by Michael Schultz. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Pathetic acting and a scattershot plot sink this pitiful attempt by producer Robert Stigwood to turn the landmark Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band into an engaging film. Read full review
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