My roomate bought this movie to pander to some skank he was 2000 miles away from (you know, across the universe from), who had a boyfriend anyway. The icing on the cake was that we were both forever in agreement that The Beatles are the most overrated band of all time. I understand if other people like them, and I've come to terms with that. I, however, detest them and would not sit through their music had I been paid to.
For those of you who don't know: Across the Universe is essentially an on-film broadwayesque musical, where the cast does not spew ANY dialogue. Instead they MIME OUT THE PLOT (or lack thereof) TO A BEATLES SOUNDTRACK. Needless to say, I was not informed of this before agreeing to see it.
To this day we never speak of the incident. If anyone references it, they only do so to illustrate what not to do for a girl (especially one who is a pipe-dream). I literally would not watch this film again, even if it came with a winning lottery ticket.