I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1978

• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• Based on novel: no
• Cast: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman, Theresa Saldana, Wendie Jo Sperber, Eddie Deezen
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Nancy Allen – Robocop 1, 2 & 3
• Why?  Ex-Beatles maniac
• Seen:  10 November 2019

 February 1964. The Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan Show. Oh, how I remember! What a nostalgia trip. Well, I wasn’t in New York, so I didn’t have a chance to sneak into the Beatles’ hotel room, or get tickets to the show, like these girls.

It’s A Hard Day’s Night from the fans’ point of view. A clever idea. The only problem is that it doesn’t have the Beatles in it. Somewhat entertaining, it also has a nasty undertone with prostitution, blackmail, cocky male chauvinism and sadistic parents, all in noisy slapstick. It could have been so much better!

If you like the Beatles, see A Hard Day’s Night instead.

  

1 ½ * of 5