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The daydream isnt What if I had actually written those songs?
but What if I could be famous for something someone else did?
In a fame-whoring age, its a good, dumb premise.
Only the first half works, though.
You get credit for writing the Beatles songs, but it still cant buy you love.
Curtis isnt the director ofYesterday; Danny Boyle has been brought in to lend his shallow virtuosity.
But fluid transitions dont make the movie less clunky.
Beyond the individual songs, its the Beatles evolution their long and winding road that fires our collective imagination.
You cant be serious.
Yesterdaydirected by Danny Boyle.
