While time loops in films are not new, this one still manages still to be fresh with an important message.
Nyles (Andy Samberg) is the boyfriend of Misty (an underused Meredith Hagner) who is a bridesmaid at the wedding of peppy young couple, Abe (Tyler Hoechlin) and Tala (Camila Mendes). Here, he befriends the maid of honor and Tala's sister, Sarah (Cristin Milloti) and saves her from giving a disastrous toast. But then, she falls into a cave and gets stuck with Nyles, reliving her sister's wedding over and over again, except for what they do changes, sometimes with good success, other times, not so much.
There is even a twist that not even I saw coming, which while I wasn't happy with it, the film goes in a direction that makes the time loop saga refreshing. While Nyles continues living the day, just trying to have a good time, Sarah, instead is hellbent and determined to find a way out and when she finally finds a plan that she thinks may work, Nyles is reluctant to join her, not wanting to take the chance of dying or jumping into an unknown point in time.
Sure, the ending is a bit odd and a moment is just ridiculous, and the important point is sort of muddled over, but it is there nevertheless and worthy of a discussion. And Samberg and Milloti have unexpectedly great chemistry which always ends plenty to a film. Grade: B
Side Notes:
-J.K. Simmons and Peter Gallagher have interesting small roles.
-Why would anyone ever wear a Hawaiian shirt and swim trunks to a wedding?
-If you don't think a marriage will work out, you shouldn't go through with it.
-You will feel bad for the goat, who plays a shockingly important role.
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