{"id":8679,"date":"2020-07-16T18:09:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T18:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=8679"},"modified":"2020-07-16T18:09:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T18:09:05","slug":"palm-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/palm-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never thought we\u2019d be trapped in a time loop like Andy Samberg\u2019s character when when this prescient, fun film premiered at Sundance.<\/p>\n

Harold Ramis\u2019 work in 1993 certainly stands the test of time and still holds it\u2019s place against other attempts at using the time loop device. A couple of examples include action films like Tom Cruise\u2019s Edge of Tomorrow <\/i>(2014)\u00a0 <\/span>or Source Code<\/i> (2011) and even a slasher flick, Happy Death Day<\/i> (2017).<\/p>\n

The inevitable comparison to Groundhog Day <\/i>is apt, but Director Max Barbakow gives a darker edge to Samberg\u2019s nihilist, slacker. He\u2019s the forlorn Plus 1 of his incredibly dense girlfriend and bridesmaid, Misty (Meredith Hagner) at a posh wedding in, yep, Palm Springs.<\/p>\n

In this iteration Barbakow and writer Andy Siara start with Nyles already stuck living the hated wedding day. As opposed to Groundhog Day\u2019s <\/i>Phil (Bill Murray), no amount of good deeds, hook-ups or alcohol can get this day off repeat. And he\u2019s tried them all. He\u2019s neither in heaven or hell, just at an eternal so-so party. Where Bill Murray didn\u2019t give in and kept looking for a way out, Andy Samber gives himself over to the loop and finds a degree of comfort in never having to worry about a job, or money, or relationships.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8683″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8690″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8686″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]At the outset, only one other person is aware of Nyles\u2019 plight and that\u2019s the outrageous Roy (J.K. Simmons) who is also stuck and blames Nyles. Roy turns up regularly to murder him, usually with a bow and arrow, but Nyles never succumbs. He just wakes up in the same hotel bed having to begin the day all over again.<\/p>\n

Until Sarah. Sarah (Cristin Milioti – The Wolf of Wall Street<\/i>) is the sister of the bride and maid-of-honor. Weird Nyles has captured her attention. She\u2019s curious and follows him as he walks into a mysterious, glowing cave. In spite of his warnings, she gets zapped by whatever is going on in there and gets stuck in the same time loop. The cave device is one aspect of the script that feels a bit too convenient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cristin Milioti turns in a winning performance, alternately both over-the-top and thoughtful. Her weary, wide eyes tell so much about what\u2019s boiling underneath. As the black sheep of the family, she already has a connection to Nyles. Both have dark attitudes and an over-reliance on booze. Taking her under his wing, Nyles and Sarah team up and he schools her that \u201cYour best bet is just to learn how to suffer existence.\u201d In their case, suffering existence means to just give in to what\u2019s inevitable by going rogue.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8691″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8681″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”8684″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]They create a never-ending party together, doing anything and everything they ever wanted, no matter how crazy or how it affects others. They speed down highways, steal airplanes, take over a family\u2019s house and pool, even invade dive bars to show off their dance moves and always with a beer in hand. There are a few reveals that wreak more family havoc which, because of the time loop, they can\u2019t escape.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Barbakow and Milioti allow her character to percolate and bloom into the kind of caring person Sarah always wanted to be. With the help of Samberg, Milioti as Sarah, is able to acknowledge love and still be able to let go. This creates a moment that is full of sweet pathos that lifts this movie beyond a simple rom-com with sci-fi overtones. For all of us who feel a kinship with this couple living their days over and over again, Palm Springs<\/i> might be a good one to see over again, too.<\/p>\n

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