Review of Yesterday (2019) by Drlowdon — 27 Jul 2019

When the struggling singer/songwriter Jack Malik is struck by a bus during a mysterious global blackout he awakens to learn that he is the only person in the world that remembers the music of The Beatles!

After a strong opening the film begins to tread the familiar Richard Curtis romcom ground, with less musical numbers than you’d expect, until it reaches a finale that most people will see coming from a mile off. Fortunately the chemistry between Himish Patel and the adorable Lily James does help sell what is a pretty unoriginal romance story and there are plenty of laughs to be found throughout. Yesterday is an enjoyable movie but one can’t help but wonder what might have been had the writing been a bit more daring.