Before I Fall 2017

    This film is based on a young adult novel by Jessica Scott published in 2015.  Samantha Kingston is in high school and she’s one of the popular students.  She has the perfect boyfriend, perfect friends and probably a perfect future.  She wakes up on Cupid’s Day on February 12 and something happens that evening.  The next morning she wakes up and Cupid’s Day starts again.  She doesn’t know what she can do to change the day and make it stop happening over and over?

     Some scenes are boring when they a repeated continually?  Plus, this premise has been used many times before.  Sam begins to change everything about the day to find out what she’s supposed to accomplish to make the day stop happening.  I could see where this was going and I wanted it to change but maybe the conclusion is inevitable?  The scenery of the Pacific Northwest is very beautiful.  3* (This movie is OK) 

98 min., Drama directed by Ty Russo-Young with Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Cynthy Wu, Logan Miller Kian Lawley, Elena Kampouris, Medalion Rahimi, Erica Tremblay, Liv Hewson, Diego Boneta, Jennifer Beals, Nicholas Lea, Chelsea Gill, Roan Curtis.

Note:  Imdb 6.4 out of 10, 63% critic 57% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*, Metacritic 58 out of 100 with 31 critics 6.2 out of 10 with 60 reviews, Rolling Stone 2 ½* out of 4* review by Peter Travers.

Special Note:  Filmed in North Vancouver and Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.  This movie was filmed in 24 days.  Every day Sisyphus is written on the board at school.  This refers to a myth about Sisyphus being forced by a god to push a massive boulder up a hill endlessly for eternity.  Bella Thorne was originally cast as one of Samantha’s friends but she dropped out of production.  Other movies about living the same day over and over are Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, 12 Dates of Christmas, Pete’s Christmas, Source Code, 17 Again, 13 going to 30, Shrek Forever After, and Happy Death Day.  Also, an episode of the X Files was about a woman reliving the same day and unable to change the outcome.  This film made money, the budget was $5 million and the gross worldwide was $16.1 million.