A romantic comedy in which a man wakes up after an accident and finds he is the only person in the world to remember The Beatles.
A hopeless songwriter wakes up to find he’s the only person who can remember the Fab Four’s hits in a wacky, winning comedy directed by Danny Boyle.
With a screenplay by Richard Curtis, Danny Boyle’s far-fetched tale of plagiarism has nothing like the momentum of the director’s best works.
A glowing tribute to The Beatles and their music, this is both a toe-tapping pleasure to watch and a smart, occasionally scathing look at how we get things wrong.
It's hard not to warm to a film filled with so many Beatles tracks. But Yesterday never quite convinces as a classic Curtis rom-com, while it lacks the infectious euphoria of Boyle's best work.
Yesterday is an uplifting and entertaining romantic comedy, only slightly dragged down from a distracting performance.
Sweet and satisfying but completely hollow.
A star-making turn from Himesh Patel just isn’t enough.
Danny Boyle on Yesterday.
Yesterday: the latest jukebox movie to put its women on mute. *Spoilers*
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