Let's be real: The most unrealistic part of this movie was that it took him 20 years to realize Lily James is cute.

I swear, romance ruins so many good ideas. It's like the director stole the idea from a friend and changed it into a romcom to make more money.

Without the Beatles you don't have: The Traveling Wilburys Wings The Plastic Ono Band The Monkees and as was pointed out in the movie, Oasis. Without the Monkees you don't have: The Archies The Bugaloos Somebody else writes and records a song for the James Bond movie _Live and Let Die._ The Beach Boys album "Smile" sounds a lot different. Several songs by the Byrds sound different. The band Klaatu is a forgotten footnote, because there was never any rumor that they were the Beatles in disguise. The vultures in the Disney animated movie _The Jungle Book_ look and sound different, if they are there at all. The playlist at Woodstock is a bit different because, while the Beatles didn't play Woodstock, a few of their songs were covered. The following movies are never made: _Hard Day's Night_ _Help!_ _Yellow Submarine_ _Can't Buy Me Love_ _Norwegian Wood_ _Backbeat_ _Lucy in the Sky_ _Yesterday_ and probably others I have forgotten. The Japanese group Pucci Moni does not record "Chokotto Love" and if they do it doesn't include the line (in English) "All you need is love." Babymetal does not cover "Chokotto Love." The Japanese group Onyanko Club does not record "Valentine Kiss" and if they do it doesn't include the line (in English) "Love me do." And perhaps the greatest loss of all: William Shatner does not record his amazing cover of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." These are not random things like Coca-Cola, cigarettes, or Harry Potter. These are things which are different *because the Beatles never happened.*

Imagine there's a blackout right on New year's Day and everyone forgets what emo was? *WELCOME TO THE RAWRING 20's*

A montage of Jack finding all the Beatles, and then bringing them to John Lennon, and talk to them about what he's been doing, and how important the four of them are in another universe. They could've even gotten Paul and Ringo to act in the movie, and act like they don't know the Beatles. People would've loved that. Although Paul and Ringo probably would've been uncomfortable around two guys pretending to be their close, late friends.

Seeing Ed Sheeran had his ass handed over by The Long And Winding Road was satisfying

I think the point of the movie was to allow the audience to hear these songs as if hearing them again for the first time .... we get to relive these song that we take for granted and gain a new understanding of just how special they were .... This feeling hit me when Jack sings Yesterday for his friends and they are stunned into silence at what a truly beautiful song it is ... it made me have a new appreciation for the Beatles body of work

the forgotten things are related: Oasis was compared to The Beatles The Beatles smoked cigs, the reason why Geo died in Come Together John says "He shoot Coca-Cola"

If there's no cigarette George Harrison would probably be still be alive

This is just me but Yesterday should've been a TV show where they could've dive deeper into the plot Edit : HOLY SHIT over 1k likes !!!, this is probably the biggest likes I ever had in any of my comments. Thank you so much everyone

The weird part about the other people remembering, though, was how angry they seemed by it. Then, when he finally meets him, they're like "thank you for keeping these wonderful songs alive!" It was played for the misdirect, obviously, but so heavy-handedly that the "reveal" that they were totally down with it made zero sense.

I wish Paul and Ringo would have been in the movie and showed them on that interview. That was the biggest let down ever!

Also where's George? Was his illness inevitable? Did the Traveling Wilburys ever form? This is the deep l o r e we need

There is an alternate ending where at the end Lily James’ character is the one who knows about Harry Potter and Himseh Patel doesn’t know. I thought this was much more interesting than Himesh just remembering everything.

I was expecting a 'Jack is dead' conspiracy to crop up somewhere in the film

8:58 I like how Paul is wearing no shoes like on the cover for Abbey Road.

Is anybody else feel cheated by that dream sequence?

I liked the film, but that dream sequence ticked me off. I get why they chose to show John, as his death was absolutely related to being a Beatle, but why not track down Paul and Ringo and George (who may not have lung cancer in a world without cigarettes)?

This is one of my favorite movies in years. I'm a simple guy . I just loved it like it was. I cried when I saw John Lennon still alive

I never understood why he searched for: John, Paul George and Ringo and not for John Lennon, Paul Mccartney and so on

I saw this movie with my grandmother and she started crying when she saw John Lennon.

She fell for him because he sang an Oasis song but then there was no Oasis so how did she fall for him as kids

"Also, the White Album? That could have some diversity issues." That hurt my fucking soul in a way you can't even imagine.

He was put into an alternate universe, they didn't forget it.

You know what a mad idea for a Beatles themed movie would be? What if Paul McCartney suddenly woke up as a 15 year old boy, back in Liverpool and had to meet a young John Lennon and re-live everything the fab four went through- but in a Modern time setting. 😉

Personally I would love a film like rocketman and bohemian rhapsody but with The Beatles

This is how to take a great movie and make it tangential mess.

I actually liked the one-off "what's a Coke?" jokes. Had they gone into it, it would have been too much. Besides, it seemed clear that no one "forgot" anything. Rather, he woke up in a literally different world. His body or mind jumped to another reality. How? Who knows? But people didn't merely "forget," but there were no physical remnants--no albums, no articles, no anything. And that's a different thing than mere "forgetting." Plus, John Lennon is still alive. It's not his Earth. So several things being different makes sense. But that opened up a whole series of different questions. Like is the girl he chases in this reality really the same one who loved him in his own? Is that real "love" and do these two people from literal different realities even know--much less love--each other? To me, the BIGGEST question they both failed to answer AND was a missed opportunity was how he and the girl met to begin with. In his original world, it was over the song Wonderwall. But in the new world, it's confirmed when he searches for it that the song never existed here. So, how did they meet and why did she fall in love with him? What is the basis of that crush in this world if NOT him singing Wonderwall at the middle school talent show as it was in his own world? And just like no one remembered the Beatles, his pre-blackout life would have been different as this very example proves. How come no one ever gets weirded out when he "misremembers" his own past in this world? But even if you let all that go, I would have liked to see him sing that for her at the end. He admits the Beatles are these other people, whatever, but then, he could have given that song to her and her alone. The ultimate gift in this world. It was mentioned several times and seemed so obviously set up to make a comeback and just didn't. To the point I wondered if it did in previous drafts and then they changed the ending, but forgot to tone down the set-up.

It would be more interesting if Jack found the four Beatles, now old, and made them know each other and become The Beatles once again.

It would have been interesting if the older versions of the Beatles went to one of his concerts, relating to the lyrics and thinking why they never thought of that.

Here’s what my Beatles movie would look like: Four guys named Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr are the only ones who remember the famous musician “Andrew Beetle” who went big in the Roaring Twenties. They’re brought together through a subreddit (which they are the only members of) and decide to meet up, discovering fragments of the late musician’s music along the way. After playing a couple of love songs, a name named Ed Sullivan, who is actually Andrew’s godson, recognizes some of the songs that his missing godfather used to play to him at night. He brings them on the show and they get huge immediately. Following in Andrew’s footsteps, they make a couple more love albums before going with their own preferred style. But as time goes on, a curse unfolds due to their rapid popularity that breaks the band apart. By 1970, they’ve broken up, but their songs remain as best ever made. As they grow old and die, doing their own solo events, John and George meet with Andrew in heaven. The twist? Andrew is actually a time traveler by the name of Ed Sheeran.

No one “forgets” the Beatles, he is transported to a parallel universe where the Beatles never existed, and Coca Cola and Harry Potter and some other things.

Cigarettes never existing would have massive implications on the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade

All you need to know now is that after 50 years Abby Road is number one again.That says it all about the Beatles.The movie is very average.

It's pretty realistic. I can remember every beatle song and could, if in that situation, reproduce all of them, including obscure ones....See, we beatle fans actually do remember the lyrics and chords. The questions are actually pretty irrelevant. What are Paul and Ringo doing? Why not George too? If John lives, George might live too. The movie answers these questions in an oblique way...Lennon says he spent his life sailing, so he left Liverpool with his sailor dad, and didn't stay with his aunt. Paul is probably a retired teacher, Ringo is a retired hairdresser, George is a retired electrician. Lennon was the seed of that band. With Lennon away from Liverpool , no Beatles. It all actually revolves around the miracle that the Beatles were. Right place, right time...Otherwise, everything is lost. That idea goes for the rest of us too in our lives.

I would love that in the middle of one of his shows he just randomly signs an Oasis song. Seriously he could pass off so much songs with two of the biggest bands in the world gone

My theory: Person A has a family member that dies from lung cancer. Person A finds a way to travel back in time to stop cigarettes from being a thing. But what they did not anticipate was that the ripple effect over the course of time was that bands, musicians, Coca Cola and other random things would be drastically altered or disappear entirely from the timeline as we know it. I think Jack and the others remember because they have some thing that links them to this change in the first place. Future movies would be amazing! Maybe each person who can remember can bring their talents to the table to recreate what we once had. Or maybe we start to see how much was really effected by one change.

They should make a Beatles biopic

imagine if this is actually how the mandela effect works but on a whole new level

without the Beatles, the Rolling Stones would have stayed in England; as well as all Brit musicians.

I think this is one of the most frustrating films I've seen, they had so much potential with the concept. I don't think it's a bad film at all (7/10) but they could have made a masterpiece out of this concept 100% Also i wish it was only The Beatles who disappeared, then at the end we find out Harry Potter doesn't exist either, would have made that moment funnier.

Just off the time of my head, no Beatles would mean... * No rock n' role as it developed from their influence onward * No "British invasion" of American music in the '60s * No "Monty Python" (influenced by "Yellow Submarine" and "Magical Mystery Tour") * Not to mention all the cultural impacts they must've had on youth

Was anyone else expecting Jack to play "And I Love Her" for the final scene?

Yesterday: A ridiculous movie that fails to take into account the historical cultural context that were a huge part of why Beatles songs became so popular, entered current nostalgia, which is why the songs popularity persist.

When he visited John, I really thought he was gonna visit Paul. Cause of the location. It reminds me of the Mull Of Kintyre

The best scene in this movie is when he visits John

I want to see a sequel we’re the other people who remember the Beatles write all the Harry Potter books

"I enjoyed the movie, but it wasn't the movie I wanted." Then make your own bloody movie!

I literally cried over the John lennon scene, I miss him 😭

Yeah I really agree on that interview scene, I was so ready to hear how they would make it work with Paul and Ringo involved but nope. That turned out to be literally nothing.

i feel like if I was in Jack's position I would question my own sanity, and maybe the beatles never really did exist but were a figment of my imagination and i really was writing these songs somehow.. also yes the 3 people who remembered the beatles , I feel like the three of them would have been like " what the f is going on , why have people forgotten all these things" not just " hey glad you re recorded beatles songs byeeeeee"

When I heard 2 brothers were saying they wrote the songs, I thought for sure it was going to be Oasis.

As much as I love the movie Yesterday. So much wasted potential here. Now I love the idea concept of the movie, the type of romcom genre they are going with also the revival of the beatles music in the modern day. Acting and writing was good. The whole movie overall was ok. I'd give it a 7.5/10. Here are some wasted potential and missed opportunities. 1. Redudant songs. The Beatles have a lot of songs that were not played like All my loving, We can work it out, Ticket to ride, Get back and etc. But the movie played the songs redudantly. Like "Here comes the sun". Played twice in the middle and end scene. 2. Some songs were not even properly played but were referenced. Like strawberry fields forever, yellow submarine, a little help from my friends, hello goodbye, Eleanor Rigby, penny lane and etc. 3. If john is alive and cigarettes are gone. Where is george harrison then? 4. No proper cameo of Paul mcartney and Ringo starr. The movie would have been better if they showed the 2 alive members of the beatles. And have them on a single scene at least. 5. The solar flares were not properly explained. Just like ok. 6. "Get back" I think should have played on the rooftop. 7. I wished he did a little pose of the walk in abbey road to look epic. 8. Hard day's night should have been played while he was running away from the fan girls. Would have been hilarious. 9. Played "Hey jude" music video at the end credits. 10. Played "In my life" or "Imagine" while going to meet john lennon. 11. The alternate ending was better setting up for a sequel. The movie had some flaws but still managed to do just fine. It was still a success in the box office at least.

Another plot hole: when Jack is handed his guitar for the first time, he plays Yesterday, which needs to have a guitar tuned down a step in order to properly be played.

I LOVED the random forgotten bits, they were perfectly timed.

This movie was a huge waste of a good idea

If cigarettes don’t exist... where’s George

it would have been interesting if they used a band instead of a soloist

They deleted the best scene, which was in the trailer. Where he writes Something on the spot for that actress.

I couldn’t agree more! When I watched it I couldn’t help thinking that there was so much more they could have done with it. Very insightful!

I have a theory for this: When jack got hit by the bus, maybe he actually died and living in a dream of his. I mean... maybe

If you're a Beatles fan and a musician, you don't forget a Beatle lyric!

I guess we'll have to wait 20-30 years for the superior remake

Paul And Ringo were probably asked but didn’t want to join the movie

I guess sir Walter Raleigh wasn’t a stupid get then in this reality?

1. i still dont know why they did not do this 2.that undertale song at the beginning 3. first i guess and 4. your really underrated

So basically.. Bro liked the movie so much, he wants to make it a 10-season series

i just thpught his Consciousness shifted to a parallel reality

They should have made the movie Yesterday a Beatles movie that would be way better

OF COURSE PAUL WAS BAREFOOT WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH THE DOOR

The main character is the least curious person ever and also obsessed with The Beatles. He barely googles anything that he finds out no longer exists and only records Beatles songs even after finding out other bands are gone.

Honestly I would love a Beatles tv show bio pic, I just think that there is too much there for a movie and it could be interesting

There were two other persons who knew about the Beatles.

It would have been cool if they made a Beatles movie like bohemian rhapsody and rocketman

Really love this video, you really hit the nail on the head about the movie wasting its premise.

Moral of the story: Romance ruins everything, unless it is *absolutely* necessary

We need a proper Beatles biopic. There’s so much rich story to tell

There should be way more bands and genres missing since the beatles inspired whole genres etc. , also they should have never ended the movie with an ed sheeran tune, either beatles or wonderwall (because that's when the girl fell in love with the boy)

Spot on DazzReviews. Absolutely love the Beatles. had so much hopes from this movie. Maybe should make this plot into a tv series.

I think it was just the people unconscious during the black out that were thrust (somehow) into a slightly different alternative dimension. Our world still exists and maybe our Jack just swapped places with our other Jack. That seems to explain the "science" of it most simplistically.

When they mentioned the other two guys in the trailers I was really hoping it would’ve been Paul and Ringo

My theory for the other items disappearing from history/existence were because they were things that were a part of his life as a musician, because wonder wall was one of the first songs he played, he seemed to always favor coke as a soda, he used to smoke cigarettes before the accident, he read Harry Potter. That’s just my theory though.

They should have made an alternative history film about what would have happened if John emigrated to New Zealand as a child

One thing I would have like in this movie is people around the world would start to remember the Beatles, like people start to remember moments in time while jack doesn’t notice until his fame has dissipated to a point where he ends up going back to his job

I loved Yesterday. But I wouldn’t call it one of the best movies. I liked it for being charming, comical and relatable (at least for me). But during my first showing, I was extremely disappointed because the ending fell flat if you were expecting it to be about the Beatles. The movie would have been better, albeit vastly different had it focused on the Beatles. I feel that it would have been more exciting and satisfying, but this is what we got. And given the course of events, I don’t hold illwill towards the movie. But if they were to revisit the plot, I would bet money it would have been better.

3 people remembered the Beatles in that movie.

Ringo's nose is why everyone loves the beatles

"Like *bohemian* and rocketman" Me: *IT'S BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY*

I think universal missed their shot. The idea for this movie was great, and they messed up.

But just imagine if the four Beatles remembered as well. I would have loved to see them reunited. If two other persons remembered the Beatles, certainly others do to. They could've built "an army" of fans knowing they're the real artists and standing up for them. They could've tried to stop Jack or to persuade everyone else that he's a phony. Etc. The intrigue would've been so much better. I don't even want to see the 4 Beatles, but if he had real opposition (appart from his conscience) the story would've much more compelling. The "fans" could've been named "the beatlemaniacs" and people could've seen them a little bit like we see the flat-earthers. Jack could've tried to develop his own talent to keep a grip on his career. I mean, the opportunity was huge. They missed the point completely. And i guess the John Lennon scene was emotional, but sincerely who in the universe would react the way John did when Jack appeared on his doorstep? In this universe, John is an unknown artist living alone in the middle of nowhere. Of course he would have asked "who the f are you and why did you seek me for advice?!". Everybody would! Anyway, I was angry at them when I left the cinema. They had so much potentiel, and I felt like they wasted their time and money and mine as well.

I just wanted to add my two cents. The film was definitely memorable (you leave the theatre thinking about it in so many different ways). I don't know if I'm being a annoying critic instead of just enjoying the movie but I just wanted an explanation why the Beatles didn't exist. I have a theory why the Beatles don't exist in the main characters universe, just hear me out... The main character got hit by a bus leaving him in a coma. His friends and main love interest come by every day playing him Beatles music hoping he responds to his favorite songs. (So basically the main character is dreaming all what is happening in the movie) Also I want to add. When he quits and reveals the truth, and lives a long life with his true love, that's him passing away. He finally gets what he's been dream all along (which turns into his form of heaven) Ok the end

My fav parts in movie: *Oasis doesnt exist bcz also The Beatles doesnt exist lmao xD *John being alive

For this concept to be done right you would need a writer that really goes into detail with how this new world is structured, (assuming without having seen the movie what happened is they woke up in a different timeline and it's not just that everyone forgot something and then never found any evidence for a massive part of music history happening). All of music history from 62 or a little bit after looks totally different now, not counting the Beatles themselves. Did any of the current tendencies in the early 60's go further and bigger, like say instrumental surf rock/girl groups/soul or some other thing, Did the british invasion have a lesser impact in the US without the Beatles as one of the early bands, did Brian Wilson never make Pet Sounds because he couldn't have heard Rubber Soul and Beach Boys would be nothing more than a surf band with cool harmonies. If The Stones took The Beatles place would the collective pop-musical consciousness be much more blues oriented or how would it have looked if it were instead The Kinks/The Animals/The Who/Bob Dylan or maybe Motown as a label. Would Yoko Ono inevitably have met some other western pop culture guy and influenced him in a way that would influence the world in some kind of way. How different would hard rock/heavy metal/punk etc. have looked without Helter Skelter or Revolution and similarly psychedelic music without tomorrow never knows/A day in the Life/Strawberry fields forever, what about concept albums, recording styles, album covers, George Martin, Indian Raga music, the social change in the world and bigger societal and political impacts etc. There's so much stuff to build an alternative world around that it should really be a kind of sci-fi story to be done right.

Maybe because there are so many “what if’s” or different directions this movie could have gone, maybe another (pt 2) movie will be made. If there will be, I definitely would go see it. I’m about to play this one “to death”

How idiotic. Yesterday 2: Where's Paul? Turns out he runs the Cavern Club in Liverpool and is a drunk. Think of the possibilities!! Ringo is a hair dresser!

I feel like without the Romcom aspect, the movie would’ve been as profitable, if not more

Imagine this having a end credit scene seeing Freddie and Elton saying we’re forming a team 😂

Love Actually did have All You Need Is Love

To be blunt, the world isn't ready for a deep alternate history film that actually deals with the full implications of such a setting.

Paul and Ringo should've been in the movie and made a cameo TBH