Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis did a Magical Realism rom-com and result was a shiny, glossy, well-produced, excruciatingly Boyle-esque film that was shallow and empty with a pair of incompatible and boringly flat lead characters.
It coasted on the infectious nostalgia of The Beatles and with Kate McKinnon as the only other saving grace. And really, why Ed Sheeran?! Nothing against him or his songs (love them!) but he ain’t really an actor and to be featured in such a prominent role, it just felt extremely distracting.
Although nothing was more distracting then the absolute lack of chemistry between Lily James and Himesh Patel. It was so hard to buy into their love story when we can barely believe that they are friends, much less lovers. James, we know, has talent but it barely shone here; and this was not a great introduction for Patel.
This film had a great concept but the whole story seemed to only exist for one quintessentially Curtis piece of dialogue, but sadly the words were great but not the situation nor the delivery.
For a better use of The Beatles’ catalogue, go watch Julie Taymor’s trippy “Across the Universe” which had a more believable central love story between Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess.
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