What I Didn’t Like:
The execution of the concept.
Overall Impressions:
The endless time loop idea is so novel and linked to Groundhog Day that it took twenty four years to base another whole
movie around it. And even then they had
to do a twist and turn this one into a horror/murder mystery picture. That was a really great idea. The problem I have is they made an incredibly
cheap dumb horror/murder mystery picture.
The lead character Tree (Jessica Rothe (Forever My Girl)) is really unlikeable. I guess part of what the filmmakers were
going for is to make her such an asshole that you actually want to see her get
killed multiple times. Of course part of
her arc is she learns to become a better person and that’s great ‘n all but
they made her a dick to the point where it was hard to overcome my dislike of
the character. She treats everyone like
crap including her supposed friends, admits to getting someone fired from their
job and spitting on an Uber driver ‘n shit.
They could’ve and should’ve scaled that back.
There’s a bunch of unnecessary shit thrown in too like when
Tree dyes her hair pink, puts on camo makeup and wears night vision goggles during
one loop or when she walks through the campus square naked during another. What does this add to the movie and how does
this help her solve the case? I don’t
get it.
Look, the people that made this thing seemed like they had a
lot of fun. They kept the tone fairly
light and tried to goof around with the death scenes to make it entertaining
for the audience. There’s a lot of
comedy in this (too much in my opinion) and folks ate it up. I mean the sequel is already in the can.
This isn’t a good movie though. It has such a schlock feel that I can’t get
past it. It’s all about the central idea
and how remarkably strong it is that makes this watchable. Everything else around it is terrible. The deaths aren’t even interesting or crazy
which is the least they could’ve done. But
they made that lame too.
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