Interesting concept but too ambitious in execution

Rating: 6/10 (28 August 2019)

First, what i enjoyed most in this movie is Kate McKinnon's delightful performance as a ruthless agent. Hers stands out among generally decent performances from the rest of the cast, and deserves an Oscar nomination for supporting actress.
The movie as a whole is a pretty shameless piece of work, perhaps not unlike McKinnon's character Debra Hammer. While the concept is interesting, those behind it try to take on too much and end up spoiling everything. One is allowed to be far-fetched up to a point and beyond that, the whole premise falls apart.
One suspects the whole idea behind this project is to make money from songs by the Beatles. On a positive note, at least it may introduce some new fans to the body of work. However, Yesterday the song was not rendered well, and including Back in the USSR is totally out of place and meaningless.
On the whole, one would give the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt and believe that their nostalgic intentions are good. One just wishes that they were more restrained and just focused on the sweet love affair in the middle, without wrapping it with so much ribbons, glitter and confetti.