:SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.
Danny Boyle presents a romantic comedy about a struggling British musician named Jack Malick played by Himesh Patel who, do to a surprising turn of fate, ends up getting into an accident during an mysterious world-wide power outage that lasts less than a minute. When he regains consciousness, he discovers that the world is just slightly off---Coca-Cola doesn't exist, neither does Harry Potter or... The Beatles. Flabbergasted, Jack sets off on a mission to introduce the world to The Beatles for the first time. However, he's struggling to remember the lyrics to their songs. The movie was funny and endearing. It raises a lot of questions about the legacy of a global sensation like a rock band and how it would survive today, had it only been introduced for the first time. I think the The Beatles themselves might have laughed at Jack Malick desperately trying to recall the lyrics of "Eleanor Rigby."
Rating: B
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