Before I Fall (2017)
5/10
Emo Groundhog Day
20 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Mean Girl trapped in loop until she figures out a crapton of teen movie tropes,

Set in the Pacific Northwest for extra moodiness,

Writer can't think of any solution to the time loop dilemma other than main character must die in place of person she's tormented into suicide. Not exactly a veiled statement - "bullies should die." How about just alerting relevant authorities that a fellow student plans to commit suicide? Then follow up, treat her like a friend, help her heal, all while making sure the Uber brat Lindsay gets straightened out.

As it stands, there is no actual resolution. This idiot girl has perpetrated a heap of additional misery upon:

Her loving family, parents will never get over it Her friends - who are stupid and shallow enough to blame the death on the girl they had been victimizing - no lesson learned. The boy who has spent his entire life loving her, who she has callously given a green light mere moments before she allows him to witness her grisly death. What the hell, writer?

Production quality high. Soundtrack excellent. Acting solid. Screenplay, stolen from a better movie and stored in a compost heap in some depressive west-coaster's organic garden. C.
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