The acting and singing work of the main characters carries the film together with the music of the Beatles.

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2019)

Yesterday is a new fantasy comedy directed by Danny Boyle, the director of 127 Hours, 28 Days later and Slumdog Millionaire.
In the film, musician Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) has a hard time breaking into the music world. The only one who really supports him is his good friend Ellie Appleton (Lily James).
When Jack is hit and recovered during a worldwide power outage, he realizes that he is the only one who still knows the music of the band The Beatles. For example, he decides to use the Beatles songs himself during his performances. In this way he manages to break through in the music world, but he still feels insecure, knowing that he has not invented or written his songs himself. As long as he remembers the songs of the Beatles, he can remain successful. His new success is somewhat at the expense of his relationship with his parents and with Ellie.
This film plays in a comical way with dealing with secret plagiarism and copyright problems. For Danny Boyle it was also an expensive film to make, because he has to pay for the rights of the certain Beatles songs, which can be heard in the film. Buying these rights has fortunately been a good buy, because in addition to the mysterious plot of the story, the film is further supported by well-known music. They also know how to make some jokes about the music world and how things are going nowadays with this film. The film also has other fun comic moments, but the trailers do give away some of the nicer moments. To enjoy the movie more, you better try not to see the trailers.
The acting and singing work is done well and nicely in this film. Himeesh Patel and Lily James have good chemistry together. Himesh also shows how celebrity and money can turn people into a completely different person. Kate Mckinnon plays her role in this film somewhat exaggerated, as she often does in all her roles, but here she knows how to put it down appropriately. Furthermore, some music artists such as Ed Sheeran also have a cameo in this film.