The best comedy that I saw in 2019

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2019)

Comedy movies these days seem to contain laughs that are few and far between. Often the best or only laughs are shown in the trailer and the rest is strung together by an uninteresting story. So last year sometime when we laughed all the way through the trailer for Yesterday, we hoped that the movie would deliver on those laughs.
It. Does.
By a long way the funniest movie I've seen all year, Yesterday is a really good time.
Here is the set up:
"Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles."
It's a pretty cool idea and I reckon they did a great job executing it. We were laughing out loud all the way through, and the chemistry between the British cast is great. The skeleton of the story is fairly standard for a rom-com style movie, but the setup of the movie and the main characters journey of figuring out what's up and then capitalising on his discovery give rise to some great philosophical questions. There is a lot jammed into the two hour runtime and it felt like there was never a dull moment.
The music of the Beatles is used to great effect all the way through, and if the final couple of minutes don't make you smile and get your foot tapping, then you have a cold dead heart.
All up it's a fun, lighthearted film, not too deep, but with plenty laughs.