Great film

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2019)

29 July 2019
First Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - Yesterday. Imagine if you woke up in a world that didn't remember The Beatles. What would you do with that knowledge. After a freak blackout which caused him to be knocked off his bike by a bus, Jack Malik wakes up in hospital in precisely that situation. Malik, played by Himesh Patel, along with his longtime friend and manager Ellie (Lily James) are struggling to get his musical career off the ground. Post accident Jack finds nobody remembers The Beatles and not aiming to conquer the world he sets himself on a path to share their songs with the masses. He is at best a mediocre musician, but with a little help from his friends, and Ed Sheeran, he becomes bigger than.......well....Ed Sheerann. This is great example of how the great machine can take over and how a little cog is made to seem so insignificant, when in fact it's the little cogs that work hard to keep the whole thing together. From the stable of Danny Boyle this is a refreshing film, without profanity and violence and is a great watch from start to finish.