![]() ![]() ![]() The Beatles themselves are presented as side characters, which works to maintain focus, but they’re also cartoonish. That said, the dialogue occasionally falls flat or comes off as unnatural. Epstein’s story speaks for itself and you can’t help but be moved by it. He’s clearly passionate about the subject. And especially glad he didn’t lose himself in the salacious, tell-all aspects of it. ![]() Tiwary’s telling of it today, the saddest part is that looming “What if?” Would Brian Epstein have needed to quell his demons with pills and poor decisions if the world were more accepting, or at least tolerant, of homosexuality? For all his ambition, he was profoundly lonely. It’s essentially a story of the spotlight and the shadows, and Epstein lived in both - manager of the band on every teen girl’s mind, but also a gay man in a time and place where he could be jailed for it. Those things aren’t the point of The Fifth Beatle and would only distract from the actual story, that of manager Brian Epstein and his brief, ultimately tragic, life. If you’re looking for a gossipy peek into The Beatles’ early years, or the personal dramas that led to their collapse, you won’t find it here. ![]()
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