Why so much hype?

Absolutely Fantastic

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

This is a movie featuring the Bee Gees singing Beatles songs. I'm reminded of such classic movies about the Beatles like "A Hard Day's Night" and "Yellow Submarine". Those were much better...because they actually had the Beatles in them! This movie features a villain named Mr. Mustard who wants to steal the band's magic instruments. It's about as dumb as it sounds. At least it's not worse.The worst thing is that they try to put a plot together while singing all these songs. I know that the Beatles were known for being surreal, but this is just sloppy. Nothing is coherent and you can't follow the plot because the songs are too random. The one saving grace of the film is George Burns, who is honestly quite enjoyable in this film. I remember this appearing on Wikipedia's list of movies considered the worst. It has been removed and it's probably not one of the worst. *1/2

I have never even knew that there was a film based on the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" until I saw a review of it on the internet. Then I watched some scenes of it and then the full movie. What I was expecting was a bizarre musical 70s Beatles film. What I got instead was the most boring film I have ever saw.The story is really minimal. It's about a guy named Billy Shears who starts a band called "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" to carry on the legacy of his dead grandfather, Sgt. Pepper, who also had a band called "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Then a villain band literally called "Future Villain Band" steals the instruments that once belonged to the old Sgt. Pepper Band, said instruments apparently maintain peace in our heroes' hometown: Heartland. So Billy Shears and friends need to go on an adventure to get them back. There's also some stuff about them being signed to a record label but it doesn't really matter other than being a distraction from the band so one of F.V.B's minions, Mean Mr. Mustard, can steal the instruments.The writing is terrible. There is no dialogue, save for one character, Mr. Kite, who serves as the film's narrator. Instead, the story is told through Beatles songs that were haphazardly strung together in an attempt to make a cohesive story. It didn't work. More often than not, songs that have absolutely nothing to do with the story appear just to slow down or even halt the plot all together. There is a long and drawn out montage of the Sgt. Pepper Band preforming in a bunch of different venues which contributes absolutely nothing to the film. This was when I was tempted to turn the film off. Then towards the end of the second act, the plot comes to another screeching halt to have another concert sequence that contributes absolutely nothing to the plot. Then towards the end of he film, the female lead who is named, and I'm not joking, Strawberry Fields, dies while being rescued by Billy and friends when they have a long and drawn out funeral scene, which is rendered completely pointless when Billy Preston appears out of nowhere and brings her back to life, as well as undoing all of the damage F.V.B. caused to the town. As a result of the terrible "writing", the pacing is really wonky. Some scenes go by too fast and some drag on and on and on for what feels like forever, which is what makes the film so boring. The film's soundtrack is a mixed bag. All of the songs in this film are covers of the original. Some are good, some are just awful. For example, this film's version of "She's Leaving Home" which ruins the song by having robots sing it. It makes the song sound incredibly stupid as a result.All of the film's protagonists literally have no personality. The film's villains on the other hand, do have something that resembles a personality with the exception of F.V.B. but that could be contributed to the fact that the actors playing the villains were hamming it up.Because of the fact that most of the characters have no personality, the acting is practically non-existent, except for, again, the villains who were hamming it up.Overall, this film is boring. It has some interesting moments but they are placed between all of the long and drawn out scenes so this film isn't even worth watching for the interesting parts.

These reviews are fun to read. No this is not good cinema. It's poorly conceived and about as dumb as any film could be (and the 70s were a breeding ground for bad cinema).Still, like many who have commented here, it is a guilty pleasure and it is entertaining, if not intellectually stimulating.Yes, it's in the category of "so bad, it's good".It has a lot to do with trying to fit a very eclectic group of songs and try to make a plot out of it. Kind of like trying to fit into a pair of 501s that's a size 36, and you're John Goodman.Still, there was Aerosmith and "Come Together", Earth Wind and Fire and "Got to Get You Into My Life" and Steve Martin as Mr Maxwell.Not a total loss, but very nearly. Some Universal exec could have been executed for this, let alone fired.

puke. this movie ruins brain cells. luckily i've ruined so many brain cells through substance abuse, or otherwise i'd be afraid to watch this.i hate hyperbole in film reviews but, THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. well maybe not the worst, but it's gotta be in some top category for all things bad.if you like The Beatles, or even if you like good rock, stay away from this. your ears will never forgive you for subjecting them to this torture. and your eyes will become sore from all the horrid visuals. usually i like movies that are very visual, but even though 'Sgt. Pepper' is packed full of high energy visuals, the energy is wasted because the conception of each one is mundane and pedestrian in the worst way.what were they thinking? this movie seems like it was conceived and made by persons who were centuries removed from the original experience. i could see maybe a century from now that the filmmakers would be so far removed from the material that they wouldn't get it, but these idiots were there at the time. when 'Sgt. Pepper' the movie was made, it was only a few short years after The Fab Four broke up. i mean it's like, YOU WERE THERE AT THE TIME AND YOU STILL DIDN'T GET IT? boy is that thick. even Gen.X would probably interpret this better.who, in their right mind, would let doddering, old George Burns sing Beatles tunes and turn them into old soft shoe dances. but i didn't like any of the covers. not even the covers by greats like Alice Cooper, Areosmith and Peter Frampton were any good or could save this rot. and the 'Maxwell' cover by, the usually very funny, Steve Martin, is embarrassing and inane and overwrought.and what was up with the stupid stuff with the weather vane coming to life as Billy Preston at the movie's final? talk about plot holes. where did he come from and what did he have to do with anything? and the attempt to duplicate the Beatles famous 'Sgt. Pepper' album cover with a lot of, then current, celebrities, is a lameo duddy clunk.i don't have anything good to say about this big budget piece of crapola except that as a curiosity, it needs to be seen to be believed how bad it is. even as a bad movie it's no fun. it's budget is too large and the direction, although flat, seems like polished TV direction. that's a lot of the problem. the whole thing looks like an episode of 'Fantasy Island' or 'The Love Boat' gone terribly wrong.in fact, this whole movie is just plain wrong. it's an abomination to humanity and all that is good about western culture.i want to kill this movie. in fact i tried to flush it down the toilet but it didn't work.the DVD was too big to flush and my brother objected because he thinks it is a "good bad movie" and likes to laugh at it. i don't think this film is funny. it's evil and should be avoided because it's an offense to all that is good and right. oh no!!! my brother knows i'm writing this and he's trying to put the movie on right now to freak me out. Nooooooo!!! help me from the evil tyrants of inhumanity known as the Bee Gees.