Himesh Patel stars as Jack Malik, a young musician who is struggling to make something for himself. His friend.manager Ellie (Lily James) has faith in him, but Jack just cannot seem to catch a break.
One night the entire world suffer a momentary blackout and Jack is hit by a bus on his way home. He survives and when he awakes in the hospital he's a little worse for wear, but alive. He is soon dismissed from the hospital and gets together with a few friends.
To his surprise he discovers that nobody has ever heard of The Beatles! This sets up one of the greatest ideas I have seen in a movie for a while. Jack knows most of the Beatles songs by heart and before you know it he becomes a music sensation.
In this "alternate" world there is also no such thing as cigarettes or Coke or Harry Potter. Jack sometimes finds it hard adapting to his new world but fame and fortune are his, however he finds he is not happy.
He takes a trip to visit an elderly man named John Lennon, and that meeting gives Jack a new direction in life.
I don't know anyone in this film, but they do a great job and Danny Boyle directs it very well. I love the scene where Jack meets the only two other people in the world who've heard of John, Paul, George or Ringo.
I can't recommend this enough if you like 60's pop music and movies with a totally different take on things. RECOMMENDED!!
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