YESTERDAY: British director Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") helms this musical fantasy/love story about a would-be singer/songwriter named Jack Malik who awakens after a freak accident with a bus (during a mysterious global blackout) to discover that no one on earth has ever heard of the Beatles. Himesh Patel plays Jack and soon capitalizes on this accident of fate by using the Beatles material to attain stardom. Lily James is Ellie, his long time friend and Kate McKinnon plays his agent (and steals every scene she's in). Ed Sheeran plays himself and there is a brief bit by James Corden. The movie is slick, even psychedelic at times and the Beatle tunes are joyous even thought it is Mr. Patel doing the vocals. While I found the whole thing rather wonderful, I must admit the ending left me a bit cold, in that no reason is ever given for why this phenomenon took place. So, my advise is don't worry about it, just enjoy a rather unique film, to say the least.
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