Danny Boyle’s Yesterday is a movie with an ingenious idea that has no clue how to pay off its premise. Working from a script by Richard Curtis, the film takes place in world where no one but the protagonist remembers the music of The Beatles. There are so many interesting directions you could go with this premise as your starting point, and Yesterday ignores all of them in favor of a romance that’s bland and uninspiring. While I typically cringe at critics attempting to provide a new plot to a movie rather than judging the film on its …
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