An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Zoey Deutch, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be another riff on the ‘Groundhog Day’ concept and, this time, they mixed it up with a typical high-school drama which wasn’t necessarily a bad idea. The issue with these movies is that they all follow the same template though. Indeed, the main character get stuck in a time-loop until they change something which was fine with ‘Groundhog Day’ but it makes all these similar movies terribly predictable. In this case, another issue was that it took too long to start the time-loop. Indeed, it was only after 30 mins that it finally started which was obviously too long for a movie lasting around 90 mins. It didn’t help either that it was obvious for pretty much everyone who watched this movie when Samantha went to this party what she was supposed to do and, yet, it took her forever to figure it out. Finally, even though Zoey Deutch was so lovely as usual, her character was barely interesting and the other characters were in fact even worse. At least, I have to admit that I didn’t expect it to end up this way though. Indeed, the whole concept consists in the main character redeeming him/herself in some way or another. However, in this case, she actually had to sacrifice herself which was at least a different approach. Eventually, even if I didn’t care much for most of it, I have to admit that there was an interesting vibe which was amplified by the way it all ended. Anyway, to conclude, my rating was probably too generous here but I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you like the genre.