Not great but pleasant

Rating: 7/10 (4 July 2019)

Struggling musician Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) has been trying for 10 years to be successful with no luck. Only his manager (Lily James) believes in him. Then there's a worldwide blackout for 12 seconds. During it Jack is in a car accident. He survives but it seems nobody in this reality ever heard of the Beatles, Also none of their songs exist either. So Jack starts to put out their songs as his originals and becomes famous...but he feels guilty.
Strange movie. It does manage to be both funny and dramatic. I was honestly never bored. Also Patel can sing and pulls off covers of the many Beatle songs pretty well. However this movie has issues too. Patel has a tendency to overact and James is downright atrocious. The supporting characters though are fun. Also the direction is all over the place throwing things at you out of left field. Still, I'm a Beatles fan so I'm cutting this some slack. I give it a so-so recommendation.