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Name/Year: Palm
Springs (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Length: 90 minutes
Rating: R
Production/Distribution: Limelight, Sun
Entertainment Culture, The Lonely Island, Neon, Hulu
Director: Max Barbakow
Writer: Andy Siara
Actors: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti,
J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin,
Chris Pang, Jacqueline Obradors, June Squibb, Tongayi Chirisa, Dale Dickey,
Conner O’Malley, Jena Friedman, Brian Duffy, Martin Kildare, Lilli Birdsell
Blurb
from IMDb: When
carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a
Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated as they are unable to escape the
venue, themselves, or each other.
Selina’s
Point of View:
Palm
Springs has a
familiar plot. A lot of movies utilize a time loop in their stories, and it’s
pretty difficult to get something new out of it. Happy Death Day (2017) was
decent, but there was a definite recipe quality to it. It’s normal with this
kind of film, and stories rarely – if ever – deviate.
This
one was something special, though.
You
don’t enter the story in the beginning here. I don’t mean you come in at the
end and then see the beginning later, either. I mean that you never see the
beginning. When you first get into it, it’s clear that Andy Samberg’s (Brooklyn
Nine-Nine, Brigsby Bear, Take the 10) character has been stuck in this loop
for a while. He’s reached that acceptance phase already. He’s lived through his
Groundhog Day (1993), only it never ended for him.
Right
off the bat, that changes things. We don’t have the go through the whole part
of the story where he tries to figure out what’s going on, he already knows.
That leaves time for so much more.
There
is a depth to Palm Springs that I did not predict. On top that, it was
funny. I spent almost the entire time laughing my ass off. Still, when it
wanted to get emotional, it excelled at that too. I teared up a few times.
I
expected Palm Springs to be a decent film. It absolutely exploded
through my expectation, though. It was impressive, to say the least. I would
recommend this one to just about anyone. Without a doubt.
Rotten
Tomatoes Critic Score – 92%
Rotten
Tomatoes Audience Score – 90%
Metascore – 84/100
Metacritic
User Score –
8.2/10
IMDB
Score –
7.6/10
CinemaScore – None
Trust
the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 4.5/5
P.S.: There’s a short extra scene at the
beginning of the credits.
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