The Beatles: Get Back

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Season 1
  • Network: Disney+
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 25, 2021
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
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  1. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Steve Pond
    Nov 25, 2021
    60
    It’s exhaustive and it’s exhausting, and for a certain type of Beatles fan (like, I suspect, Jackson himself) it’ll be an irresistible delight. ... To embrace these near eight hours, you need to completely surrender to his pacing, to glory in every day of the Beatles’ sessions at Twickenham Studios and then at the smaller recording studio in the basement of their Apple headquarters. You may find yourself wishing that the boys would please shut up and play their instruments on a number of occasions, but the film clings to those endless conversations with the tenacity of McCartney trying to coax the right guitar line out of Harrison.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Alexis Petridis
    Nov 25, 2021
    60
    The moments of inspiration and interest are marooned amid acres of desultory chit-chat (“aimless rambling”, as Lennon rightly puts it) and repetition. There is a point, about five hours in, when the prospect of hearing another ramshackle version of Don’t Let Me Down becomes an active threat to the viewer’s sanity. That is doubtless what recording an album is like, but for an onlooker it is – to use the language of 1969 – a real drag.
  3. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Rodrigo Perez
    Nov 29, 2021
    50
    ‘Get Back’ is not even definitive as a documentary about the making of the Let It Be album. If anything, it’s the definitive volume of footage about it, but as a coherent, watchable story, this ain’t it.

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 52 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 52
  3. Negative: 5 out of 52
  1. remyzerofan
    Nov 30, 2021
    10
    If you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall while Paul, John, George, and Ringo created masterpieces, then you should watch this documentaryIf you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall while Paul, John, George, and Ringo created masterpieces, then you should watch this documentary because that is what it is like.… Full Review »
  2. UncleWillard
    Nov 28, 2021
    6
    I wanna like this so much more than I do. There are some truly remarkable moments watching them write songs, knowing where they're going, butI wanna like this so much more than I do. There are some truly remarkable moments watching them write songs, knowing where they're going, but also a lot of boring moments. You can totally see the cracks forming, surprisingly between Paul and George, which was unknown to me and sadder than between Paul and John. Worst is Yoko. She is so clingy and cringy. Her even sitting in the circle is so frustrating and obnoxious. However, I blame John for that. He should have put her in her place and kept her out of the process. She had no business being there.… Full Review »
  3. JLuis_001
    Nov 27, 2021
    8
    If you're going to consume a nearly 8-hour documentary miniseries on any topic, I have to believe the topic interests you quite a bit.

    I'm    If you're going to consume a nearly 8-hour documentary miniseries on any topic, I have to believe the topic interests you quite a bit.

    I'm mentioning this because several of the criticisms of this work is that it really doesn't seem to have any direction and Peter Jackson just let it run.
    And to a certain extent I can agree. The second part is a very clear example of that, because after all, you're just watching them play a little bit and talk a lot.

    But for that very reason this documentary is only for hardcore fans of the band. For people who will find surprises in the details. Details they have evidently read about for years because of that same interest.

    The Beatles: Get Back is not a documentary about the Beatles per se. It's a documentary about a moment in their career when the end of the band was already in sight, and the friction between them was more than noticeable.

    The ending itself is what it has always been.
    Although the Get Back sessions predated the Abbey Road sessions, and that album was released earlier. The concert on the rooftop of Apple Corps headquarters was the last time the world got to see them play live. They never performed together again. And it was nothing massive, but it became utterly legendary.

    If this not right up your alley, don't even bother.    … Full Review »
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