In that case, I recommend you see the movie, particularly if you like Beatles music. It also helps if you like romantic comedies as Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually, etc) is a master at them.
I probably will see it more than once. 
I play and sing a lot of Beatles music. Their one of my original inspirations for learning guitar.
Did you ever see the movie Across the Universe? It’s another movie that uses Beatles music but in an unusual way. (It was directed by Julie Taymor, better known for creating the stage musical version of The Lion King, and I think her stage background shows in the film.)
I’m not familiar with Across the Universe. It sounds interesting and will check it out. Netflix probably has it.
I fit this bill on both counts, and therefore had high expectations. It didn’t disappoint…I loved it.
My only quibble is that Long and Winding Road was used in the write-off with Ed Sheeran. It may be my least favorite Beatles song. 
I loved the recurring gag of other things besides the Beatles that vanished, confirmed by a quick empty Google search.
I liked that as well. Especially when he googled
coke
And the first thing google showed was Pablo Escabar
That was preceded by Jack being invited to be the opening act for Ed Sheeran on a European tour, flying with him to Moscow on a private jet and wowing the Russian crowd with Back in the USSR. At this point, Sheeran was suspicious, particularly when Jack claimed to have written the song on the flight over. Sheeran noted that the USSR dissolved two years before Jack was born (and many of the references in the song are dated, like the one about flying on BOAC or the Georgian girls), so Sheeran challenges Jack to a song-writing contest, with each given ten minutes or so to come up with something. Sheeran’s song was OK but then Jack played The Long and Winding Road. Sheeran was totally blown away, cancelled the contest and admitted defeat. He was actually quite hurt that he was overshadowed and called himself Salieri to Jack’s Mozart. I read a review that suggested that they might instead have had the hangers-on who were judging the contest still vote for Sheeran’s song, since he’s world famous, while Jack is a nobody.
It’s not my only quibble (see below), but I’m glad it wasn’t just me. As soon as I heard “The Long…” I was like, are you kidding me??
My other issue is the Kate McKinnon role. I’m not a fan of McKinnon anyway, to put it mildly, but whenever she was onscreen her overacting was like an ice pick to the base of my skull. Most unpleasant.
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We were in Las Vegas in March, waiting for the Cirque du Soleil Love show to start (it’s the one with all Beatles music), so we stopped in their gift shop. I mentioned to the young worker there that there was a new movie coming out in July, and it would introduce the Beatles to a whole new generation. Her reply was “they already know about the Beatles” (somewhat snobbily). I think she was wrong; lots of young people know who they are, but not many of their songs.
I loved the first half of the movie. The local town scenes and the “Let It Be” scene with the parents was hilarious; it reminded me of BBC show “Mum”. It started to fall apart with the romcom story, though Lily James was downright cute (she reminded me of Zooey Deschanel in “500 Days of Summer”). I wish she was more integral with the Beatles discovery; perhaps she could say a phrase like “I picked up this guitar for you yesterday” which would lead Jack to remember that song. Instead, she was quite separate from the Beatles story, which is the reason most people wanted to see the movie.
Regardless, I enjoyed the movie and I was recalling parts of it days later, which is the mark of a good film. The highlight for me was seeing John Lennon reach old age, quite content with his life.
I enjoyed the film, but I feel like it could have done so much more with the concept. It also weirdly felt more like a film to just promote Ed Sheeran. I haaaaaated Lily James’s character btw. When she
told Jack that he could either choose the career he’s always wanted, and has worked for since he was young, or he could throw it all away to stay with her, I was like “bitch, fuck that! You’ve been pining over him for years, you could have said something! Now you’re giving him an ultimatum?”
Today’s kids know far, far, far more about music 50 years-old than our generation ever did. They know the Beatles, trust me. Hell, the kids in my daughter’s then 8th-grade class went through a Sinatra phase, for God’s sake.
Shouldn’t everybody be wearing Wally Cleaver style hairdos?
Why would they? The movie is set in the present day.
Wally Cleaver hairdos are what a lot of guys had until the moptops came along.
If the poor writers tried to zero-out the impact the Beatles had on culture as a whole, they’d go down an alt-history rabbit hole and never come out.
Plus, even without the Beatles, hairstyles would have changed.
Does the movie give a specific point of divergence? Maybe the main character discovers that the Beatles never formed because Paul McCartney died as a child or George Harrison’s family moved away before he could join the Quarrymen? It’s not a big deal if the movie didn’t bother, because this isn’t exactly a rigorous alternate history, but it would be neat if they threw something in.
No explanation is given.
I kept wondering how many times “John Lennon” hit and cheated on his wife in the Yesterday time-line.
Grade A premise, grade C execution, averages to a solid grade of B overall. Not a masterpiece, but absolutely worth seeing.
Problems I had with it:
—I like Richard Curtis romantic comedies (some more than others), but I found it a waste of a cool premise to graft that on there.
—It didn’t ring true that the manager who kept begging him to not give up his music dream would suddenly give him an ultimatum to drop the whole thing and go back to Suffolk and be a teacher, or they are quits.
—Putting her on the big screen without asking was cringey, as was the pat resolution of her other relationship.
—The cameo from the erstwhile Beatle was a good idea, but lacked depth.
—The resolution of the movie overall was a bit goofy/simplistic, reminiscent of kids’ movies like “Country Bears” or “The Muppets”.
—They failed to acknowledge that the Beatles were not just great songwriters, but also great musicians, performers, and masters of visual iconography (we did see a hint of the latter in the sort of fantasy sequence, but no recognition that our protagonist may not be so capable in that regard).
—We didn’t see much depth to the love interest character, although the actor was charming.
There were parts I did find well executed (C is way better than F!):
—The blackout and accident
—“Why 64?”
—The whole scene with the new guitar and “Well, it’s not Coldplay”
—His Googling, including Oasis
—The random stuff like Coke, cigarettes, Harry Potter
—The dream sequence with James Corden
—Trying to play “Let it Be” for his parents
—The train tracks recording studio
—The songwriting contest with Ed Sheeran
—Kate McKinnon’s reaction when he tried to sneak his own song into the mix
—Ending with “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, which is one of my favorites but which often tops “worst Beatles songs” rankings and was hated by John Lennon as well