Award for lamest idea of the year will almost certainly go to screenwriter Richard Curtis, who has imagined a world where Beatles songs no longer exist in “Yesterday.” Curtis’ twee, nudging, corny comedic voice is very much the main sensibility here, far more so than anything offered by director Danny Boyle or anyone else involved.
Singer-songwriter Jack Malik has been playing on boardwalks, street corners and small cafes for around 10 years with little success. His friends and his manager Ellie (Lily James) come to see him and cheer him on, and they like it when he plays his “summer song,” but nobody else does.
Ellie thought he would be a star after she heard him sing Oasis’ “Wonderwall” at a school talent contest, but Jack is very discouraged. Ellie tells him that he will be successful one day and that stranger things have happened. He asks, “Like what?” and she replies,...
Singer-songwriter Jack Malik has been playing on boardwalks, street corners and small cafes for around 10 years with little success. His friends and his manager Ellie (Lily James) come to see him and cheer him on, and they like it when he plays his “summer song,” but nobody else does.
Ellie thought he would be a star after she heard him sing Oasis’ “Wonderwall” at a school talent contest, but Jack is very discouraged. Ellie tells him that he will be successful one day and that stranger things have happened. He asks, “Like what?” and she replies,...
- 5/5/2019
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
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