The Beatles: Get Back

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Season 1
  • Network: Disney+
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 25, 2021
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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 52 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 42 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 52
  3. Negative: 5 out of 52
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  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 documentary because that is what it is like.
  2. 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 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    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.    … Expand
  3. stebai
    Nov 28, 2021
    6
    OK - I'm not a hardcore fan of the Beatles - but I am a music lover and own all of their albums for the music they contain is often sublime. However watching them jam for the best part of four hours is, and I am sorry to say, damned tedious. More than any other music documentary I have ever watched this one is aimed squarely at people who are just happy to watch the fab four doing realityOK - I'm not a hardcore fan of the Beatles - but I am a music lover and own all of their albums for the music they contain is often sublime. However watching them jam for the best part of four hours is, and I am sorry to say, damned tedious. More than any other music documentary I have ever watched this one is aimed squarely at people who are just happy to watch the fab four doing reality TV in a studio. Except nothing ever happens. Sure we hear embryonic versions of some classics, often the same song many times, but as entertainment, for me, it fails. The Audio / Visual quality is superb though. The remastering of the source material is truly amazing, it looks as clean is if it were shot yesterday and if my rating was based on the amazing job Jackson and his cohorts have done it would be a straight 10. However unlike other reviews I'm not marking that, I am basing my score on how entertained I was. Thankfully the final episode allows me a "get-out" from drawing a sub-par conclusion, as the roof top show is easily the highlight of the eight odd hours. I fully "get" why the length is as it is, hardcore fans want to preserve every moment, but casual or even minor fans are just going to get bored.… Expand
  4. ronmilkman
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    Unlike the Bohemian Rhapsody movie which converted my youngest son to a huge Queen fan, I don't feel this documentary will usher in new Beatle fans. Instead, it rewards existing Beatle fans by showing the creative process from start to finish of some of their iconic songs. The documentary also showcases each member's unique personality, role in the group, and frustrations. But the mostUnlike the Bohemian Rhapsody movie which converted my youngest son to a huge Queen fan, I don't feel this documentary will usher in new Beatle fans. Instead, it rewards existing Beatle fans by showing the creative process from start to finish of some of their iconic songs. The documentary also showcases each member's unique personality, role in the group, and frustrations. But the most important thing it shows to me is dispelling the myth that they hated each other as their mutual respect and brotherhood is evident. Peter Jackson does an amazing job of making you feel as if you are in the room with the Beatles during these sessions. It is not perfect, by no means. Some parts drag on and seem unnecessary. But overall this is a perfect 10 for me. An absolute pleasure to watch.… Expand
  5. lipino
    Jan 24, 2022
    10
    This is heaven for Beatles fans or anyone who is interested in any sort of creative process and seeing under the curtain. I do however think Peter Jackson should have edited this into a 2-3 hour documentary and then given us this as an extended version. They do play the same songs over and over, especially in the concert at the end, and even I as a huge Beatles fan was thinking "you couldThis is heaven for Beatles fans or anyone who is interested in any sort of creative process and seeing under the curtain. I do however think Peter Jackson should have edited this into a 2-3 hour documentary and then given us this as an extended version. They do play the same songs over and over, especially in the concert at the end, and even I as a huge Beatles fan was thinking "you could have tightened this up a bit, Peter." That said, the more Beatles the merrier.… Expand
  6. kevintroco
    Nov 25, 2021
    9
    I had a lot of fun watching it, not sure if a non-fan would have the same feelings as I did. So I'm biased on this review.

    Pretty entertaining
  7. wapierce
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    It's amazing that we have this record of them for all time. I loved every second of this. It might come across as tedious to someone who doesn't know anything about The Beatles.
  8. 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, 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 isI 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.… Expand
  9. WatchinMovies
    Dec 19, 2021
    6
    Three hours of watching and listening to the Beatles in a studio is really boring for anybody who lived through the Beatles era. There is nothing new here and I simply jumped through each episode then I was through all episodes.
  10. sid12
    Dec 2, 2021
    10
    Amazing. This documentary is a treat for beatles fan like me...............
  11. johndoe2014
    Nov 26, 2021
    10
    The inside look at the Beatles as people is great. But getting to have a "in the room" access to watching great songs get created makes this a one of a kind masterpiece.
  12. Nerwan
    Mar 14, 2022
    10
    This is really fascinating. You genuinely get to see exactly how the Beatles worked which is so interesting. It's also really psychologically interesting, as you watch 3 creative people trip over each other a bit, and where the tensions came from. Also, it looks incredible
  13. mlou24
    Dec 21, 2021
    5
    I loved the Beatles and still do, but this show is for real die hards. It is around 8 hours of studio time. The best things are hearing classics as they were developed. It is starling how far a song comes from inception to recording. The second fascinating thing is the group dynamics from Paul driving (and pushing) the band to John's detachment and George's frustration. Only RingoI loved the Beatles and still do, but this show is for real die hards. It is around 8 hours of studio time. The best things are hearing classics as they were developed. It is starling how far a song comes from inception to recording. The second fascinating thing is the group dynamics from Paul driving (and pushing) the band to John's detachment and George's frustration. Only Ringo seems at peace with himself.… Expand
  14. Zumadancer
    Dec 1, 2021
    7
    Interesting for Beatle fans but could have used tighter editing. Bit of a whitewash too. John Lennon, who seems out of it during Part One, later admitted he was addicted to heroin during that period.
  15. Mauro_Lanari
    Dec 25, 2021
    5
    (Mauro Lanari)
    Only those who ignored almost everything about the Beatles can write "you never knew their complete story until now", otherwise Jackson proposes to us for 468 minutes very little that was not already known to scholars and music lovers. If "Let It Be" is the twelfth and last studio album of the Fab Four, there will be a reason: it is the worst record of a band now in    (Mauro Lanari)
    Only those who ignored almost everything about the Beatles can write "you never knew their complete story until now", otherwise Jackson proposes to us for 468 minutes very little that was not already known to scholars and music lovers. If "Let It Be" is the twelfth and last studio album of the Fab Four, there will be a reason: it is the worst record of a band now in disarray, which will also have been able to find the alchemy to compose, arrange and produce in the first 3 or 4 weeks of '69 a mountain of tracks, but those that ended up in the album are barely 12 and show an undermined capacity for songwriting. During the London concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters in Savile Row, a passerby admits that he adores the Beatles, but not those who were playing, what they had become. So it must be recognized that the director could have synthesized their sunset and the sunset of an era of rock in the standard time of a film, otherwise this TV miniseries is dripping with details useful just for fan(atic)s. Jackson deserves credit for trying to handle such an overwhelming material and teaching newbies something. However, leaving out the reasons for the dissolution, despite having almost 5 hours to explain the title of the disco, he preferred to omit such an essential information and choose for his work the misleading title of another song, energetic, amused and funny, while the tone that McCartney expresses with "Let It Be" is crepuscular, that of the full awareness of having reached the end of the line, separated at home/studio and ready for the inevitable divorce. And in fact, at every pause of the recordings, the 4 compete to already plan their future as soloists, like Lennon who tries "Child of Nature", the future "Jealous Guy", in general indifference. With time the group's positive superadditivity had turned into negative, it is sufficient to look at the album cover with them 4 well divided and separated. Does anyone remember the similar bitter conclusion of The Police with "Synchronicity" in 1983? Historical revisionism, cunning attempt, shrewd operation for affecting as little as possible the persistent idolatrous Beatlemania? There is something out of tune, a lot.    … Expand
  16. EderGamer
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    Beatles como nunca vimos antes. Imagens muito bem tratadas pelo diretor. Recomendo que assistam
  17. Ebola8MyFace
    Nov 29, 2021
    10
    Absolute bliss for a Beatles fan. This fly-on-the-wall experience was surreal and invigorating. To see the genesis of so many iconic Beatles tunes (along with the sometimes tense and sometimes jovial interpersonal dynamics between John, Paul, George and Ringo play out in real time) was sublime. The Beatles: Get Back is the entertainment highlight of my 2021; without question!
  18. matinamani
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    It feels like you are in the studio with them and laugh and have a very good time . I am a beatles fan and i enjoyed it i hope non-fans enjoyed it too.
  19. MooovieCow
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    If you're a Beatles fan, this is an absolutely fascinating doc. If you don't know much about the Beatles, it may feel a bit slow. I absolutely loved it.
  20. MattyIce34
    Nov 25, 2021
    8
    It’s crazy to see how many songs the boys riffed and worked on that didn’t end up on the Let It Be album, that’s how great they were. Documentary is a bit aimless, but it looks and feels like it was shot yesterday, good job in that regard by Jackson and his team.

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#27 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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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
  1. i
    Reviewed by: John Aizlewood
    Dec 3, 2021
    80
    There’s more, so much more, but Get Back’s real revelation is how much real joy there was within and between The Beatles, even as their end loomed.
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  2. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Tim Glanfield
    Dec 3, 2021
    80
    Most big fans of the band will find this a fascinating insight into the relationships between the four, with nerdy musical insights into the foundations of many of the songs that ended up on the album, and some that didn’t and became classics for the members as solo artists from 1970 onwards. However, for a casual viewer, at times this ‘air’ in the room might be too much to keep them gripped – so be prepared.
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  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Neil McCormick
    Nov 30, 2021
    80
    Jackson’s obsessional curatorial approach means that this epic documentary takes a very long time to achieve lift off.
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