Silly Love Movie

Rating: 4/10 (13 October 2019)

This movie is obviously inspired by the Beatles but unfortunately it turns into a McCartney-like Silly Love Song, only in movie form. The premise of the movie is very promising - a fledgling musician ends up being the only person who remembers the Beatles after a freak event/accident. Unfortunately, it turns into a cliched romance story that we've seen hundreds of times before (boy and girl grow up together as friends, girl falls in love with boy who just treats her like a sister, girl confesses love for boy, boy eventually realizes the love of his life was his friend all along, they get married and live happily ever after).
The screen play was written by Richard Curtis, which is a big red-flag given his propensity to write cheese-ball love stories. If you liked "Love Actually" (written by Curtis), you will actually love Yesterday (as did my wife who enjoyed both movies).
There are a few humorous moments ( I particularly liked that Oasis didn't exist either since there we no Beatles to copy) which help keep the movie somewhat entertaining. Kate McKinnon plays an evil music manager in an over-the-top way that channels Cruella Deville, which also detracted from the movie.
The acting and signing was generally well done, which merits a few stars. All-in-all the movie's a disappointment considering what it could have been in the hands of someone with more talent than Curtis.