Yesterday. Jack Malik (Himesh Patel). Copyright: Working Title Films
Yesterday

Yesterday

  • 2019 film

Comedy about a struggling musician who, after a global blackout, finds he is the only person to remember The Beatles. Also features Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joel Fry, Kate McKinnon, Sanjeev Bhaskar and more.

Press clippings

Judge throws out lawsuit over Yesterday film trailer

A judge has dismissed a US lawsuit brought by fans of Ana de Armas after the actress was edited out of a film despite appearing in the trailer.

BBC, 30th August 2023

Ana de Armas fans told they can sue over Yesterday trailer

Film studio Universal can be sued for false advertising after two fans complained a movie trailer was misleading, a US judge has ruled.

Steven McIntosh, BBC, 23rd December 2022

Fans sue Universal Pictures over film without Ana de Armas

Two US fans of Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas have sued Hollywood studio Universal Pictures, saying they were duped into renting the film Yesterday because she was in the trailer.

BBC, 22nd January 2022

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Jonathan Dean and Helen Hawkins, The Sunday Times, 7th June 2020

Yesterday credits row shows trouble's never far away

Jack Barth's claim he did not receive credit he deserved shines light on movie industry machinations.

Lanre Bakare, The Guardian, 31st May 2020

How one Yesterday writer's dream became a nightmare

The trouble started with Jack Barth accepting what he believed was a lesser credit than he deserved.

Vince Mancini, Uproxx, 21st May 2020

Yesterday net profit statement breakdown

Deadline was slipped a net profit participant sheet on Yesterday, and according to that document, the Beatles-themed romance movie is still in the red by as much as $88 million.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5th May 2020

Four times Richard Curtis sanitised Britain

The Love Actually director is worried that Netflix is presenting a distorted vision of the UK. He knows a thing or two about that, as these examples show.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 14th October 2019

Yesterday (2019) review

I couldn't help but leave this film humming 'Hey Jude' and feeling a little more positive about the world. "Feel-good movie" is a cliche but also a very accurate description of Yesterday.

Pat Harrington, Counter Culture UK, 8th August 2019

When will the white guitarist conveyor belt end?

Blinded By the Light and Yesterday are essentially uncritical, feature-length promos for heritage bands, and there's more to come.

Steve Rose, The Guardian, 29th July 2019

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