Fun and Original.

Rating: 8/10 (3 November 2019)

Review:
'Yesterday' is a romantic-comedy film directed by Danny Boyle.
The story flows nicely with related characters that are well developed. It's not what I expected from the trailer, but I ended up liking it better than what I expected. It's nice to see someone take a chance on an original story.
It focuses around Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) who is a struggling singer-songwriter. His manager and childhood friend Ellie Appleton (Lily James) tries to encourage him not to give up on his dreams. After Jack is hit by a bus during a global blackout, he sings "Yesterday" for his friends, and discovers they have never heard of The Beatles. After realising the world no longer remembers the band, Jack begins performing their songs, passing them off as his own.
All actors are really good, but I absolutely adore Lily James. I think she is brilliant it everything she is in and this movie is definitely no exception. She's funny in the movie and when she cries, she makes you want to cry. She shines in her character and steals every scene she is in.
I wanted to give this movie the best score, but after thinking about it more I can't. The reason being, as a comedy the movie didn't work. For me none of the jokes landed, and mostly just came off as awkward. Looking at this film as a drama or romantic film is where it really shines and is more enjoyable.
Overall, this is a good fantasy film with a very good soundtrack, if you like The Beatles.
4/5