What If Yesterday Was Your Future?

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2019)

I walked out of this movie with a smile on my face, the audience was applauding as they sung along to Hey Jude. This movie makes you feel a lot of things and it's just a wonderful film that's a tribute to the influence that this music has had on everyone.
So, imagine the world went dark for 12 seconds and one the most influential musicians who ever lived never happened. No Beatlemania, no crazed fans, no legacy. Instead we have a down on his luck musician on the verge of giving up on his hopes of having sort of success. After a disastrous gig, Jack is riding his back as a freak black out crosses the entire globe. Within 12 seconds he's hit by a bus and wakes up to the care of his life long friend/ manager named Ellie. A few references to the famed group go right over her head. When Jack plays Yesterday, he still won't believe that no one in his friend group and later google knows who the Beatles are.
Somehow he manages to remember a good majority of lyrics from the acclaimed songs which I don't even think I could do. The songs grab the attention of a small firm recording studio then a local talk show, and then Ed Sheeran. To which Ed Sheeran drops by his house and offers him a gig to open for him which he accepts. After a song writing challenge, Jack impressed with The Long and Winding Road. He catches the eye of a very aggressive and condescending manager. Who was equally hilarious and passive aggressive. Success soon starts rolling in at a pace Jack can't catch up with. He soon finds at the cost of infamy means losing Ellie who feels too ordinary to follow the path he's going down. After a tearful goodbye, Jack goes forward with his career that is more about the product he can be rather than the music itself. During his album launch, Jack meets 2 people who also remember The Beatles and thank him for bringing the music back. Also giving him the address of someone who give him the answer to where he needs to go.
In a world where The Beatles never happened means that John Lennon was never murdered. Instead he's happily living by the sea at 78 in a tranquil existence. Jack realizes he needs to tell the truth and does so at a concert. Sabotaging his own album release by giving the music away to the entire crowd as he doesn't want to be made infamous by work that was never his. In the end, there is no magic fix it, the world doesn't reset itself. Instead Jack and Ellie, finally get together and settle for normal. Life goes on in a beautifully simple way.