The read
A Balasaur Score of 65 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 53%, Metacritic 56/100. Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic56/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
1,480 audience votes
Key crew
- Julie TaymorDirector
- Dick ClementScreenplay
- Ian La FrenaisScreenplay
- Elliot GoldenthalOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Evan Rachel WoodLucy Carrigan
- Jim SturgessJude
- Joe AndersonMax Carrigan
- Dana FuchsSadie
- Martin LutherJo-Jo
- T.V. CarpioPrudence
- Spencer LiffDaniel
- Lisa Dwyer HoggMolly
- Nicholas LumleyCyril
- Michael RyanPhil
- Angela MounseyMartha Feeny (Jude's Mother)
- Robert ClohessyWesley "Wes" Huber (Jude's Father)
Stills
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Themes
vietnam warprotestmusicalliverpool, englandriotcultural differenceuniversityfantasy sequenceanti warpolice arrestmarchwoman director