John’s advice is a plot device that inclines Jack to decide to make the Beatles’ songs available for free and choose an obscure life with the woman he loves. The ending of "Yesterday" stays ...

After the blackout, Yesterday plays up the contrast between Jack’s reflexive reverence for The Beatles and everyone ... of his role as a disposable plot device.) There’s just no reason for ...

There's a moment of truth early in director Danny Boyle's "Yesterday ... old Beatles records. Overthinking "Yesterday" will you get nowhere. But accept the power outage as the plot device ...

Anyway, yes, it’s baffling. Jack discovers the absence of The Beatles when he performs “Yesterday” for a group of friends who seem baffled that Jack had written such a beautiful song.