Great concept, alright execution

Rating: 7/10 (26 September 2019)

Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed this film, despite its flaws. It sounded like such an awesome movie - a struggling musician wakes up to find he alone remembers The Beatles, and uses that to score fame. But, why? Why are The Beatles, among other things, no longer in existence? What did the blackout have to do with it? Why is it just Jack and 2 other random people who remember? Are there other things gone that other people remember and Jack doesn't? When Jack admits that he didn't write the songs, are the members of the band out there watching and thinking this dude's crazy to give them credit when they don't remember writing the songs either?
So many plot holes that could have and SHOULD have been addressed, but it all got pushed to the side to make way for another cliche romance. Enjoyable? Yes. But it could have been so much better.
The soundtrack is wonderful, of course, and Patel does a great job with it. The acting is also done well, and it's believable, so not a bad movie at all.
However, if you're going to turn a concept into a movie, make that movie about the concept, don't just use it as background for a basic love story that we've seen too many times.
In the end, Jack just accepts this new reality, and we're supposed to accept it as well. No questions, no answers. This is just how it is now. The end.
But I have so, so many questions. This movie could have been phenomenal, but instead it's just another movie. It's good, but not one I would consider a favorite by any means. Ill probably still buy it eventually, but I really wanted to love it a lot more than I do.