In this film a teenager is always living the same day in an endless loop. He doesn’t know how his world got so upside down and how can it be changed? He meets a girl and she is also stuck in the same time warp. Maybe together they can find out how to escape their never ending day?
All along Mark is thinking that everything is perfect in his little compact world with nothing ever changing. What he didn’t know was this perfect world was not about him, it wasn’t his story at all but it is Margaret’s story. The bond that Mark and Margaret share by being trapped in a time loop nurtures the development of their friendship and eventually leads to deeper feelings.
They both model perseverance in trying to find meaning in their repeated days. They learn the joys of being unselfish in loving others, especially their family members. There are some perks to their repeated days. Mark dives off the roof of his house, knowing nothing will happen to him. Mark and Margaret trash a show house just for fun and they know it will all go back to perfect the next day.
Mark and Margaret come across as quite innocent and comfortable self-identifying"nerds." They do drink a couple of beers in one scene and she seems to have alcohol around in other scenes. She also has the burden of a secret about her mother? 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
98 min, comedy directed by Ian Samuels and written by Lev Grossman based on a short story written by Lev Grossman with Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami, Josh Hamilton, Cleo Fraser, Al Madrigal, Jorja Fox, Teance Blackburn, Mia Lovell, Yoriko Hraguchi, Vanessa Padla, Bria Brimmer, Forrest Funk, Anne Lois Bullingto, Robert Gant.
Mistake: Margaret says that space shuttles are suborbital but this is not true. Suborbital flights never reach the correct speed to maintain low earth orbit.
Note: Imdb 6.8* out of 10* with 15k reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 77% with 70 reviews 74% audience scores with 250+ ratings, Common Sense Media, Jennifer Green, age 13+ 4* out of 5*, 2* violence, sex, drinking, drugs & smoking, 3* language, consumerism, 4* positive messages and role models, Roger Ebert 2* Roxana Hadadi, The Guardian 4* out of 5*, indie wire grade C+.
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