From the Blue People to Strawberry Fields, “Across the Universe” combines the “Helter Skelter” love story of two fictional characters, Jude and Lucy. With 33 Beatles songs, director Julie Taymor and choreographer Daniel Ezralow revamped the music of the ‘60s by including mature choreography similar to that of the 2005 movie “Rent” to better display the struggles of the age.

“Across the Universe,” which premiered Sept. 21, is a modern musical. The film opens with a “Liverpool Dockworker” named Jude (Jim Sturgess) sitting on a beach singing the Beatles song “Girl” while reflecting on the loss of his love, Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). Jude, who portrays a mixture of the Beatles’ members John Lennon and Paul McCartney, leaves Liverpool to search for his father in the United States.

Ending up at Princeton University, Jude runs into a student named Max, and the two boys become the best of friends.

Max (Joe Anderson) invites Jude home for Thanksgiving. The love story and the troubles of the ‘60s are introduced as Jude meets Max’s sister, Lucy. Lucy’s boyfriend, Daniel, (Spencer Liff) has just left to join the army. While enjoying the Thanksgiving feast Max declares to his family that he will not be returning to school, and takes Jude with him to live in New York.

Showing up for an interview with the rock-singer-wannabe-landlady named Sadie, (Dana Fuchs) Jude and Max enter a household full of interesting people including Jo-Jo (Martin Luther McCoy), Sadie’s boyfriend. With the touching Beatles’ song, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” the newest addition to the rented rooms, Prudence (T.V. Carpio), is introduced. Prudence is a cheerleader who ran away from Ohio after realizing her desire to be in a lesbian relationship.

Not long after Prudence’s arrival, Lucy moves to New York, and takes up residence with Max and his new friends.

The strangest part of the movie is when Sadie, her boyfriend Jo-Jo and the rest of the apartment crew head off on a road trip and find themselves at a carnival. With animated skeletons that bring in the essence of Tim Burton’s 1993 film “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and a circus that gives the slight animated feeling of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film “Moulin Rouge,” “the blue people” is sung by Mr. Kite (Eddie Izzard) as the New York group enjoys the entertainment.

Focusing more on the heart-wrenching political aspects of the ‘60s, Max goes off to fight and Lucy joins an anti-war organization.

With a dramatic portrayal of a violent riot at Columbia University, the announcement of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a roof-top concert, “Across the Universe” displays the subjects of racism, drugs, violence, protests and free love in an amazing way.

This 131-minute film includes tear-jerking scenes, an appearance by Bono and a message that “love is all we need.” Every different message of each Beatles song is creatively emphasized in a collage of different ways.

“Across the Universe” is certainly for those who want to feel the sensation of the Beatles’ timeless songs re-recorded to relate to the hearts of Americans today in a breathtaking musical style.