Review of Yesterday (2019) by Compi24 — 23 Jul 2019

I'm sure it's nowhere near as deep and as theoretically satisfying as music and Beatles fans want it to be, and nowhere near as fulfilling and as effective as a Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis pairing can possibly be, but for what "Yesterday" really is (a mid-summer dramedy with a wholly fascinating concept and a disposable, yet enjoyable feel) it did the job for me.

This is all thanks in no small part to the performances and chemistry at hand between newcomer Himesh Patel and "Cinderella's" Lily James. Bolster all of that with Curtis's legendary penchant for rom-com stylings, and a hefty amount of Beatles-centric in-jokes that surprisingly hit the mark, and you get a moderately successful cinematic "what if" story.