At Last!

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2019)

I don't often write reviews, but had to after watching this. The usual fare of "what if...." movies has indeed been added to with 'Yesterday' but this was different, and I guess in this era of disposable music, the subsequent generations are forgetting the Beatles as the trail blazers they were back in the day. Enter this feel good Beatles promo movie (let's face it, it was). Himesh Patel was perfectly cast as the down on his luck good guy that passed off the back catalogue of Beatles songs as his own as a result of a cosmic mishap, and became an overnight sensation as a result. There is a scattering of humour to keep the audience happy. Lily James played the ever loyal manager-in-my-spare-time love interest and the cameo appearance of music heavyweight Ed Sheeran to give the movie its credibility. I just need someone to explain how the non-existence of the Beatles would cause Coke to disappear from the public tastebuds amongst other things. Still, this is just a triviality and even if you're not a fan of the Beatles (which I'm not) this does not detract from the movie at all and I for one found it a refreshing change from the constant drip-feeding of superhero movies flooding the cinemas right now. At last a movie I didn't have to think too much about because there'll be yet another sequel. If you have a couple of spare hours, give it a watch. I'm glad I did