Sean’s movie thoughts

This movie is based on a novel and stars Zoey Duetch as a high school student named Samantha who is reliving the same day over and over. I know what you are thinking, it is a Groundhog Day rift. It is but it is a good one. The novel was written in 2010 before the recent string of movies inspired by Groundhog Day started coming out. She and her friends died in a car accident after a party one night and she wakes up to the same day. As the day repeats, Samantha tries to figure out what she is supposed to do to end the cycle of repeating days. This is not really comedic. It has some funny moments but it is more dramatic than comedic. Zoey Duetch is really good in this. Halston Sage co-stars as Lindsey, one of Samantha’s friends. I thought Sage would have had a higher profile after Paper Towns. She is good. The other two actresses playing her friends were good too. Logan Miller is on hand as a love interest. I think I missed something by not having read the novel.  I thought this was g...

Netflix’s original movies are all over the place. Adam Sandler has Netflix movies, some are actually not awful according to rumors. The Set Up is a romantic comedy about two assistants who set up their bosses and fall in love. The bosses are Lucy Liu (who I used to not like as an actress) and Taye Diggs. The assistants are Glen Powell and Zoey Deutch. It is not ground breaking. It features classic songs on the soundtrack (considering the main characters are in their early or late twenties some of those songs are surprisingly old). It is set in New York. It features a disposable girlfriend. (These are all features of romantic comedies.) Sometimes a formula movie well done is rewarding and I think this is one of those times. I saw Powell first in Everybody Wants Some and he is really good here. Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs are good too. Zoey Duetch is charming here. I think I first saw her in Vampire Academy. I wonder if this movie would have done well in theaters.