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Yesterday

Yesterday

Comedy · Fantasy · Music · 2019

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.

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Yesterday

“Everyone in the world has forgotten The Beatles. Everyone except Jack…”

2019 Comedy · Fantasy · Music 1h 56m

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6.7 / 10

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A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.

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Directed by

Danny Boyle

Written by

Richard Curtis · Jack Barth

Himesh Patel

Himesh Patel

Jack Malik

Lily James

Lily James

Ellie Appleton

Sophia Di Martino

Sophia Di Martino

Carol

Ellise Chappell

Ellise Chappell

Lucy

Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Sheila Malik

Harry Michell

Harry Michell

Nick

Vincent Franklin

Vincent Franklin

Brian

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Put Yesterday on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.