A wasted huge potential; still enjoyable, though.

Rating: 5/10 (2 February 2020)

With Steve Jobs and now Yesterday, I'm sure now that Danny Boyle's direction suffers recently from a major problem: taking a back seat to the screenwriter. I had almost no problem with that with Steve Jobs simply because it was Aaron Sorkin who wrote the script. Here it's Richard Curtis, and if this says anything, it says that he's definitely not the right person to develop this promising concept and make something creative out of it. The result is an unsurprisingly uninspired, perfunctory, overly-sentimental, clichÃ©-filled, clumsy and even, occasionally, implausible film. Nevertheless, it's still charming and feel-good film that has likable performances (especially from the always-amiable Lily James) and bits of creativity -especially towards the end- that enhanced the dramatic and romantic aspects of it and made them work fairly well.
(5.5/10)