“Never work with children, animals or Irish rock stars!” rasps Bono as he preps a cameo in Julie Taymor’s Beatles musical. Sadly, his ego, revealed in the generous behind-the-scenes materials, is the most authentic feature of this bloated indulgence from the Titus director. Taymor strives to weave Lennon and McCartney’s back-catalogue of hits into a romance between Jim Sturgess’ Scouse docker and Evan Rachel Wood’s teen radical. Happiness might be a warm gun, but it definitely isn’t Eddie Izzard camping it up as a psychedelic Mr Kite.
DVD Extras:
Commentary, Creating The Universe, Stars of Tomorrow, All About the Music, Moving Through the Universe, FX on the Universe, Eight Extended Musical Performances, 'And I Love Her' Deleted Scene, Two live performances of 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite'.
