Yesterday

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

2019 1h 56m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 4,383

ComedyFantasyMusicRomance

Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Himesh Patel
Jack Malik
Lily James
Ellie Appleton
Sophia Di Martino
Carol
Ellise Chappell
Lucy
Meera Syal
Sheila Malik
Harry Michell
Nick
Vincent Franklin
Brian
Joel Fry
Rocky

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: Brendan Houghton, Richard Curtis, Jack Barth
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Danny Boyle, shot by Christopher Ross. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Daniel Pemberton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jon Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Himesh Patel and Lily James and Sophia Di Martino carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everyone in the world has forgotten The Beatles. Everyone except Jack…".

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The take

Danny Boyle directs. Christopher Ross behind the camera. Daniel Pemberton scores. Jon Harris cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 5.9× over at the box office.
2Released 7 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Danny Boyle, shot by Christopher Ross. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Daniel Pemberton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jon Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Himesh Patel and Lily James and Sophia Di Martino carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Everyone in the world has forgotten The Beatles. Everyone except Jack…".
9IMDB entry: tt8079248 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "musician", "pop singer", "liverpool, england", "music festival".

The technical file

Cinematography: Christopher Ross
Original score: Daniel Pemberton
Editing: Jon Harris
Production design: Moin Uddin
Costume design: Liza Bracey
Makeup / hair: Natasha Klipp
Sound: Niv Adiri
Stunt coordinator: Julian Spencer
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $26,000,000
Box office: $154,608,856
Return: 595% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Yesterday (2019)

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SWITCH.2019-06-17
★ 6/10
‘Yesterday’ takes its genius idea and unfortunately turns it into a generic film. Both director Danny Boyle and writer Richard Curtis have proven their creativity before, but here it's just wasted along with everything else. - Chris dos Santos Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-yesterday-great-concept-disappointing-execution Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.
Peter McGinn2020-04-03
★ 10/10
I really enjoyed this movie. Right out of the gate, you must accept that it is a fantasy rather than science-fiction, because the latter genre usually tries to give some sort of explanation for why something happens, but here we just take it as it is. The dialogue is mostly witty and fun, and the characters got my sympathy. I had a slight problem with the two lead characters having always been platonic, as it was never fully explained why that was. But I was able to put that aside. Plus I really liked seeing the third lead character, the Mini Cooper (okay, yes, I have owned one for nearly twenty years). Part of the ending could be considered predictable, and part of it was, but another piece of the conclusion astonished me in its originality, so it worked for me. One interesting subplot revolved around a couple of people who shared the knowledge about the Beatles that drives the story, and I was surprised and pleased at how they resolved that subplot. And yes, to deal with the elephant in the room, most of the songs presented in the movie were better when the Beatles performed them, but isn't that the point? I had no problem setting that fact aside and enjoying this harmless and entertaining film. Oh, and I appreciate what a good sport Ed Sheeran is in this movie, allowing the lead character to more or less beat him in a songwriting contest (though of course Ed really won). In this movie, everybody wins (Well, except of course for the fictional Beatles, unless you can imagine they would prefer where the fantay lands them.)
CinemaSerf2024-05-29
★ 6/10
Sorry - but I don't understand. How can you take quite an original idea - man gets hit by a bus and awakens to a parallel existence where only he remembers the Beatles - and turn it into this one-joke film? Himesh Patel, himself, is quite engaging but he has nowhere near enough to work with to stretch this out for two whole hours!! Lily James tries her best to assist but there's no getting away from a very weak screenplay. The soundtrack is superb but most of that was written elsewhere 50-odd years ago. There is a sort-of swipe at the modern day music business and at the industries that support "solo" artists, but any potential for a more satiric review of the business is lost in the banality of it. Pity!