Fantastic premise.

Rating: 6/10 (21 July 2019)

The premise is a fantastic one. In fact, it is often debated in the music industry as to whether The Beatles would attain the success they received in the current oversaturated music climate amidst an era of people with smaller attention spans that are less 'innocent' and vastly harder to please than their 60's counterparts.
So a world where only one musician knows that the Beatles and their incredible catalogue existed is a notion really worth exploring to it's fullest.
However, it seemed to play second fiddle to the romance plot.
If you're to make a film about the music of one of the most influential and innovative bands in history, then there's an expectation for the film to also be somewhat innovative.
Sadly, it isn't.
Instead it is a repetitive formulaic clichÃ© caused by a hebetudinous script.
So let's not mistake this for what it could have been to what it actually is: it's a straight forward RomCom.
It's saving grace was that, due to the awesome premise, the brilliant music of the Fab Four could be relived as if you're introducing someone to the Beatles songs for the first time.
The acting performances from all the cast were outstanding, which also helped hold the audience attention and lead Hamish Patel did an absolute sterling job of performing the songs we all know and love.
Kate McKinnon never fails to garner a chuckle with her delivery, Lily James steals every scene she is in with her magnetism and Joel Fry was on point with his character.
There were enough funny scenes throughout (mostly in the first half) and enough chemistry between Hamish & Lily to keep us happy to see the film to it's obvious conclusion.
Why do romcom's feel the need to make the protagonists such pure beings that they feel compelled to do public confessions of their own wrongdoings?
I really wanted to love this film more, so it's unfortunate to witness all the hard work put in by all the cast and crew be downgraded due to Richard Curtis' script.