Yesterday - Jack is on a strange journey, but does he get found out?!

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2019)

Musical romantic comedy.
This is a warm love story about our hero (Jack), who is a struggling singer-songwriter, and his very long term childhood girlfriend (Ellie), who is a school teacher but also his devoted music manager.
Jack is on the verge of giving up on his musical dreams, but we see an extraordinary 12 second global power cut that results in him being hit by a bus. Badly injured he gradually realises that reference to any Beatles lyrics are unfamiliar to everyone around him, baffled by this he Google's the 'Beatles' but this only returns information on insects.
Jack now finds himself in a world where the Beatles never seemed to have existed, or that the legendary band have been completely erased from history (what a clever idea!)
Now Jack has a dilemma, he begins to use what he can remember of the Beatles songs to advance his own musical career, but should he continue with this strange journey?
His immediate mega success leads him to meet other rock stars such as Ed Sheeran (who plays himself) in a much bigger role than just a cameo. But Jack is also very anxious about getting found out. Music management are also well featured, who treat musicians as a commodity. This part really has a deserved dig at the general music industry.
This is a feel-good movie that will make you want to dust off your old albums.