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Magical mystery tour movie reviews9/12/2023 ![]() The rest of the supporting cast are similarly charismatic as Jack and Ellie's quirky friends and family members (like Joel Fry as Rocky, their under-achieving pal), with the exceptions of Sheeran - who plays a relatively bland fictional version of himself - and McKinnon, whose usually-reliable comedy shtick only does so much to make her character feel like more than a disposable "villain". This was meant to be a meaningful magical mystery tour, but ends up as a misfire. Review Movie Reviews Behind The Scenes Of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour' December 12, 201212:32 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air David Bianculli Listen 6:41 6-Minute Listen Download Embed. ![]() Here, he rises above the clunkiness of his character, treading between a dutiful familial union and falling in love with a strange stranger. That being said, Patel and James bring loads of bumbling charm to their respective roles here - enough so to (somewhat) counter the messier implications of their characters' rom-com storyline, and the way the film avoids digging deeper into Jack's feelings about becoming famous for playing someone else's songs. Atrangi Re movie review: Dhanush was one of the nicer elements of ‘Raanjhna’, which came from the same team. Yesterday seems to unintentionally suggest that Jack is obligated to love Ellie back when she reveals the truth about how she feels, and is frustratingly quick to dismiss the value of their relationship as a platonic friendship. Curtis' previous scripts for movies like Love, Actually and About Time have long been criticized for featuring problematic love stories, and the same could be said for his work here. The other big issue with Yesterday is its central romance. In its defense, the movie really just wants to be a pleasant crowd-pleaser but with so many fascinating, yet unexamined questions left staring it right in the face, its setup comes off feeling a bit hollow in the end. Instead, it settles for cracking one-off jokes about modern ad executives not "getting" the band's music, and revealing that other major pieces of pop culture don't exist in its setting either (for reasons that, for better or worse, are not addressed). As a result, Yesterday has little to say about how pop music might've evolved in the 20th century without them, or whether certain Beatles' lyrics have aged more gracefully than others. The film basically takes it for granted that The Beatles' songs would've been just as wildly popular being released into the world today as they were when they premiered in the 1960s. Part of the reason that Yesterday never fully takes off is because screenwriter Richard Curtis (drawing from a story that he cowrote with Jack Barth) tends to gloss over fleshing out the movie's alternate reality. ![]()
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