The Beatles: iconic British band consisting of John, Paul, George, and Ringo… and Brian Epstein.

The legendary band may officially be a quartet, but alongside the four Liverpool lads is the elusive ‘Fifth Beatle'. Depending on who you ask, this title may refer to one of several individuals who had a hand in turning the band into global superstars.

As Paul McCartney told the BBC in 1997, “if anyone was the fifth Beatle, it was Brian Epstein”.

Mr Epstein, who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967, is the eponymous Midas Man in Joe Stephenson's latest film.

The biopic introduces Brian Epstein (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) as a young man working in his family's furniture store. With a keen ear for the latest music, Brian opens a record store in the back of the furniture shop. He is a great salesman but he has bigger dreams.

It's 1961, and four young men by the name of The Beatles have been in Hamburg honing their craft. With faux German accents and scruffy leather jackets, the lads return to their hometown to play the renowned Cavern Club. It is there that Brian Epstein descends the stairs into the intimate venue and makes a decision that will change the world.

The eclectic Epstein saw promise in the four young men. This potential was overlooked by industry bigwigs: the band's first manager Allan Williams (portrayed in a brief but brilliant performance by Eddie Izzard) advised Brian that “they should rename them the Bootles because from here to Bootle – that's as far as they're gonna go”. It's safe to say that The Beatles – the bestselling music act of all time – went much further than the boundaries of Merseyside.

Messrs John, Paul, George, and Ringo are expertly played by Jonah Lees, Blake Richardson, Leo Harvey-Elledge, Campbell Wallace, respectively. Adam Lawrence is also brilliant as original drummer Pete Best, who played with the band for two years before being replaced by Ringo Starr.

The film is, to an extent, successful in showcasing the famously private Brian Epstein's personality. We see that he is a charismatic, determined young man, albeit plagued by hiding his true self at a time when homosexuality was illegal. As he tells it, Brian was “forced by law to live in the shadows”.

However, Fortune-Lloyd's spiels to camera feel too rushed and we don't get to see enough of his story. Epstein undoubtedly had an eye for talent and the business sense to secure record deals, but Midas Man fails to fully flesh out how Brian's golden touch set the Beatles on the path to stardom.

Unfortunately, Brian's hard work is largely omitted from this biopic. He tells how he talks to record labels every day, fighting for lucrative exposure, but Midas Man does little to show just how hard Brian had to work to be taken seriously. Without demonstrating Brian's dogged determination, the film runs the risk of falsely implying that his achievements of number one songs, breaking America, and even a feature film, was sheer luck.

While the fast pace does serve as a reminder of Brian's tragically short life, it also means that his accolades are largely glossed over.

The real Midas Man pitfall is that it does not feature any of the 213 songs recorded by the Beatles. Thanks to Brian Epstein taking a chance on a rough and ready band, they went on to sell over 600 million records worldwide. It is a crying shame that licensing laws prevented the film from featuring any of the Beatles' music.

Despite feeling rushed and unrefined, Midas Man does feature some genuinely touching moments. In an era where it is illegal to be your true self, Fortune-Lloyd exemplifies Brian Epstein's refusal to hide, instead living with courage until his death aged just 32.

A biopic about the man who launched the best-selling band in the world should be shouting from the rooftops, but this film is typically British in its subtlety. Revealing precious little new information about the introverted Brian Epstein, Midas Man suffers from being too understated.

Midas Man is available on Digital Platforms now and DVD from May 5.