Palm Springs
2020
**½
Director: Max Barbakow
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin, Chris Pang, Jacqueline Obradors
Nyles and Sarah meet at a wedding in Palm Springs. After a night of partying, they are stuck living this same day over and over again. Groundhog Day was a brilliantly dark, funny, and original comedy about a weatherman who was forced to relive the same day. This forgettable comedy offers very little originality, especially as it came out in 2020 like Boss Level, another disposable time loop movie. The original twist in Andy Siara's screenplay is that there is more than one person reliving the same day, but I guess he hasn't seen Edge of Tomorrow. I could ignore the lack of fresh of ideas to some extent if the characters were likeable, but Nyles and Sarah offer mothing.
