Review of Yesterday (2019) by Jordanlayton — 30 Apr 2020

A bit annoyed by how much this movie absolutely worships the music of the Beatles. Yes, their music is great, catchy, and timeless, but it was so much more than just their music that made them the sensation they were.

If the world really did forget the Beatles except for one rando failing man and that man started performing their music, I'm sorry but I just don't believe their music alone would cast a spell on everyone that heard it and elevate that man to stardom.

There was an opportunity here to show the real struggle of independent musicians and artists. That even with songs that have the potential to be loved around the world, it takes a LOT more than that to achieve Beatles-level success, namely a lot of luck and a lot of connections.

A movie with this premise could have shared the lesser known story of the failing artist with an audience that came to the movie wanting to see music they love. That love of the music would have put the films audience directly into the same level of frustration as the character would have been in.

Instead, we got another movie that worships The Beatles. That's fine I guess, but this premise could have been so much more. I didn't like or side with any of the characters and the film clearly wanted me to.

Also, there was far too much Ed Sheeran music for a Beatles movie.