singer-abigail Wasn't sure what to make of it at first. I was rather expecting a movie with a solid plot based on my viewing of "Help." What I got was a psychedelic, surreal hour of what, if you just sat back and relaxed, was a quite nice 'what the hell, let's just get drunk/high and have some f***ing fun!" movie. A bus full of people enjoying themselves immensely, going on silly excursions though the countryside, ranging from relay races to Nascar-like road chases to an evening band (Spoiler/warning: evening band contains stripper, not for kid viewing), and wrapping up with a formal "Your Mother Should Know." Once you peel back and stop letting yourself get confused with the bizarreness of the movie, you find yourself smiling and feel like you're having a good time along with the characters. The movie does include various Beatles songs ("Fool on the Hill," "I Am the Walrus", among others). So don't feel like you've been let down, just open your mind, prepare for silliness and fun, and this movie can be a good experience.

Desertman84 Magical Mystery Tour is an hour-long TV movie starring The Beatles - John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr.It was based on a loose unscripted narrative, this experimental film was directed by The Beatles themselves and it was the vehicle to present 6 new songs namely: Magical Mystery Tour, The Fool On The Hill, Flying, I Am The Walrus, Blue Jay Way and Your Mother Should Know. In the movie, the Beatles decided to hire a psychedelic bus, take a trip into the English countryside, and film the results, no matter how bizarre or boring. With a motley cast of characters, the group basically tramps about the landscape with occasional music cues to give the film a bit of flow.This is definitely a must-see for Beatles buffs and anyone interested in how the '60s looked as they were happening.But as a film itself,it was nearly impossible to watch as there is nothing that really happens except killer numbers from the Fab Four.It was mainly all about their music and nothing more.

ebiros2 How the Beatles manage to come up with ways to express the world we live in is always a wonder to me. I'm impressed with how they can express society in a unique ways with their music, and Magical Mystery Tour is another example of this.Music composition is solid from the first note. It's amazing that they had no formal musical training. The premise of some of the scenes are mysterious to me. For instance, I sure didn't get why John was shoveling mounds of spaghetti on Ringo's aunts plate.Production quality is low, and I wouldn't expect the Beatles to be a TV program producers, but even then, there's something to be desired about the overall quality. I see Magical Mystery Tour to be a predecessor to Sgt. Peppers, and lot of surreal expression in lyrics are evident in the songs. The images presented are very '60s ish with hallucination like images that goes with the music.It's always nice to see the Beatles live in action. This is a great experimental program that only they could produce, and is worth a watch.

lepoisson-1 Even after all these years, Magical Mystery Tour still ranks as one of the worst I've ever sat through. OK, it had the Beatles in it (but you already knew that). OK, the soundtrack is fantastic (but you already knew that). And Magical Mystery Tour is 1967 wildly creative (but you probably already knew that). I won't gush on about how groundbreaking the Beatles were time after time (again, you already knew that). I love their music and other movies.Magical Mystery Tour is unfathomably awful. It has the look and feel of a home movie, and like most home movies, it's pointless, except perhaps as an example of pure self indulgence by a bunch of rich spoiled musicians. It's bad - really bad, but it isn't fun bad like Plan 9 from Outer Space. I saw Magical Mystery Tour in college at a bar, where they put a pitcher of cheap draft in front of you and then started the 16mm projector. I'm not sure during which part I downed the beer, but it didn't help.The full Beatles group never released a less than stellar LP (or if they did, I've never heard of it), although "Two Virgins" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is arguably the vinyl equivalent to this drek.Update 12.14.2012At least 35 years have elapsed since I sat in that bar. I just watched the fascinating "Making of Magical Mystery Tour" documentary on PBS and then the lovingly restored version of the Magical Mystery Tour...and it still stinks, and the soundtrack is still fantastic.