The movie is quite fun I'll give it that. The beginning seems promising but like the band themselves said, they unfortunately do feel more like supporting characters in their own film. The film has enough cool editing tricks and quirks that it seems to be experimenting with to make it interesting, accompanied with a lackluster story however, held together by great music (oddly placed) and quick witted humor. For any Beatles fan it's worth the 1 1/2 hours, and for anyone into film making, I really appreciated some of the techniques tried in the film as well!

"Help !" is a movie about and starring the Beatles. It is difficult for us to give it a genre : it is an absurd and/or burlesque movie, like for example in England a few years ago with the Monty Python (Their influence in the comic field is compared to that of the Beatles in music.); or currently with film directors like Quentin Dupieux. The plot isn't really important here, like "Rubber"(by Q. Dupieux) : The story of a devil rubber killing people (it is more or less something like that). But here, the lack of a plot is a pretext to show music videos between crazy scenes. We can consider it a Road-Movie, because in fact, it is a road-movie (even if we can not talk about Road- movies before "Easy Rider" in 1969 by Dennis Hopper, except perhaps for "Pierrot le Fou" by J-L. Godard in 1965). The famous rock band goes from England to the Alps (Ausrtia) and the Bahamas (in Nassau) because of an Eastern Cult track Ringo to sacrifice him to a goddess but, before killing him, they must paint him red. It is because Ringo is wearing a sacrificial ring that he can't remove. The Fab Four always have to escape to stay alive. then other people will join their quest : police men (Scotland Yard) without any weapons; an Eastern woman who easily fell in love with Paul McCartney; a mad scientist needing a Nobel Prize, etc.Personally, I love that kind of movie and I like this one too because it is a good one after all. It well represents that 'British humor' even if the movie was directed by Richard Lester (American), his touch is perceived with the editing where scenes and video-clips are well linked together; in a way that is not surprising. This is interesting, if we want to extrapolate, "Help!" reminds me the masterpiece "Man with a Movie Camera" by Dziga Vertov (in 1929) off course not for the Kino-Pravda! But only with the musicality from pictures.

"Help!" is a great movie. Of course it is difficult to do better than "A Hard Day's Night" which was beautifully made but still, it is a good movie. First of all, "Help!" is starring the Beatles themselves ! They are quite gifted as actors ... The story takes place in three different locations: in London, in the Swiss Alps and in The Bahamas. A young woman must be sacrificed by a sect for their god. To be sacrificed, the woman must wear a ring but the ring is missing ... Guess on whose finger the ring is ? Ringo Starr's ! Until that moment, The Beatles are chased by the members of the sect. In the movie, every Beatles has a character trait of his own. John is the sarcastic one, Paul is the lover, George is the miserly one and Ringo is the one everyone picks on. To sum up, this movie is burlesque from beginning to end with a bunch of improbable situations, The Beatles at their top, without forgetting the splendid soundtrack. I hope you enjoyed it or you will enjoy it !

"Help!" is a British film directed by Richard Lester and released in 1965. This is a comic musical film starring the Beatles, the famous pop rock band. Its plot focuses on the Beatles' travel around the world. The story begins when Ringo Starr finds in his letterbox an envelope which contains a strange ring on which there is a huge red gem. But the ring is actually a sacrificial ring with which a madcap sect needs to execute the great sacrifice to the terrible goddess, Kaïli the Bloody. Therefore this sects pursues the Beatles all around the world to pick up the ring that Ringo Starr can't remove from his finger ! Clang, the head of the sect, tries to do it in many different ways but always fails. The Beatles are helped by an FBI agent but also pursued by a duo of mad scientists. First of all, the very first comment I can make is that the soundtrack of the film is very good and composed of pretty lively songs - famous songs! - such as "Help". This is really interesting because of its role : the different songs performed by the Fab Four separate the different parts of the film, such as chapters have a title in a book. It gives the film a certain rhythm. Then, even if the plot has kind of chapters, it is definitely not what makes "Help!" a good film. It is nonsense and madcap and it could be just an excuse for the Beatles to travel around the world, from the United Kingdom to the Alps including some countries like India ! Furthermore, the British sense of humor is another element of this good film. I really like this typical 60's film. It is meaningless, that is mostly why it is pleasant ! Finally, the Fab Four are definitely genuine and natural ! So... watch "Help!". It's well worth seeing ! It deserves 8 stars out of 10 !