l Good Film Of The Summer, Fantasy Rom-Com, The Beatles, A Delight To Watch

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2019)

As a lover of Danny Boyle films i won't go over the top with this movie. However, billed as the "feel good film of the summer", one has to go along with that and after watching this delightful fantasy rom-com, it was a pleasurable 1hr 50 mins of cinema. Written by the ever credible Richard Curtis, this story line tells the tale of Jack, a Suffolk musician, struggling to get any serious credibility in his music, playing at small time gigs and bars until one day he encounters an accident with a bus whilst riding his bicycle. He ends up in hospital with a head injury and wakes to find he appears to be the only person in the world that has heard of or known of the existence of The Beatles. This is a fabulous story line and credit where it is due, Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis have made a winner here in my eyes. There are some great scenes of the Suffolk Coast and indeed into Norfolk in England as well as Liverpool and Hollywood. My favourite scene is when Jack re-creates that famous roof top Saville Row Beatles concert in London, although in this case it is on the beach in Gorleston On Sea, my home town. Suffice to say my old school chum, Ian, owns and runs The Pier Hotel, where this scene is filmed and it is a delight to watch this as Jack performs a terrific punk version of "Help". There are some great songs and if you were like me born in the 60s, you will be more than familiar with most of them especially as i grew up listening to the band. I adore the scene where Jack & Ellie discover a delightful recording studio right out in the middle of nowhere next to a busy railway line and this turns out to be the old railway station cottage at Buckingham in Norfolk. As the trains whiz by they belt out many songs from The Beatles catalogue and you can't help but foot tap along to them. I've watched this film for the 3rd time in my local cinema, The Palace, in Gorleston High Street, having previously seen it in London and incidentally The Palace is where Danny Boyle held the local premier of this movie along with Richard Curtis, Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon whom i thought were terrrific in the film. I guess this film will appeal to those aged 30 or over as anyone under that age may not be at all familiar with The Beatles, but don't be put off by that, this is still one of those fabulous rom-coms that is a delight to watch. This film will stay in the memory for many in the not too distant future and i guess when the DVD appears, many people will be stop freezing to see if they can spot themselves of the 6400 extras that were used on Gorleston Beach in the summer of 2018.