Storyline
What if you had only one day to change absolutely everything? Samantha Kingston has it all: the perfect friends, the perfect guy, and a seemingly perfect future. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, Sam wakes up with no future at all. Trapped reliving the same day over and over she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. And as she begins to untangle the mystery of a life suddenly derailed, she must also unwind the secrets of the people closest to her, and discover the power of a single day to make a difference, not just in her own life, but in the lives of those around her - before she runs out of time for good.
Cast: Zoey Deutch -
Samantha Kingston
Liv Hewson -
Anna Cartullo
Jennifer Beals -
Logan Miller -
Kent
Halston Sage -
Lindsay
Elena Kampouris -
Juliet Sykes
Alyssa Lynch -
Lola
Diego Boneta -
Kian Lawley -
Rob
Nicholas Lea -
Dan Kingston
Medalion Rahimi -
Elody
Cynthy Wu -
Ally Harris
Erica Tremblay -
Izzy
Roan Curtis -
Marian Sykes /
Angel Cupid
Claire Margaret Corlett -
Devil Cupid
(as Claire Corlett)
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 3 Jan 2017
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Zoey Deutch and Halston Sage have both starred in other popular book adaptions: Zoey in Vampire Academy (2014) and Halston in Paper Towns (2015. See more »
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Rating: 1/10
Just saw the screener for Before I Fall. Buckle up, because it was a
bumpy ride worse than I expected from Groundhog Day on teen. Before I
Fall attempts to (re)tell the story of a girl trapped in the same day,
desperately trying to find a means to become unstuck in time. First
off, it takes every teenage movie trope and throws it at you in the
plot equivalent of word salad. There's the childhood guy friend the
lead should be dating but treats like dirt (until she doesn't because
omg love was right there in front of her), the outcast art student with
hair in her face and proverbial paint on her overalls, and the clique
headed by the evil blonde who was once nice and is now an unrepentant
post-pubescent monster who will (spoilers) never get her just desserts.
Add to that a drilled in, overarching theme of the collateral damage
dealt in choosing popularity over decency, and you have 'Fall' in a
nutshell. Oh, and of course there's the whole matter of the day
constantly resetting, much to the plucky heroine's consternation, a
device whose means of activation is fairly obvious less than halfway
through to just about everyone but the protagonist. This aspect of the
film runs through all the expected options: the confused, it didn't
happen day, the I can fix everything by avoiding trouble day, and the
anything goes day, the last of which plays for the most, if potentially
only, watchable part of this mess. Throughout these tribulations, the
lead offers the occasional lofty and detached commentary, a mechanism
that neither adds to the production's tone, nor preserves the attempted
surprise twist at its conclusion. In terms of said end, it may just be
the best part of the whole affair in that it means the angsty redux
that is 'Fall' is finally at an end. Beyond that, the denouement feels
rushed and its resolutions span from trivial to out and out ridiculous,
ultimately succeeding in miring itself in drama and tragedy that defies
previously presented conventions, reality, factual mental health
statistics, and good taste. Thankfully, after an hour and a half, I
became unstuck and could move on with my life. Before I Fall gets 1/2
stars, over and over and over again. Or, 1 disappointed Bill Murray (ya
know, if he cared)
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