“Make a date to catch this on the big screen and be rewarded with pure magic.” – Patrick Peters, Empire Magazine
“It’s a fine conglomeration of madcap clowning in the old Marx Brothers’ style, and it is done with such a dazzling use of camera that it tickles the intellect and electrifies the nerves.” – Bosley Crowther, New York Times
“Richard Lester’s innovative film, the Beatles’ debut feature, is a timewarp memento of that brief 1963-4 phase in their history known as Beatlemania.” – George Perry, BBC.com