River (2023)
7/10
Wonderful!
30 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Directed by Junta Tamaguchi and written by Makoto Ueda, this is the latest film from the Kikaku Theater. If you saw Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, you may have an idea of the strangeness and joy that they can create.

This story takes place in the Japanese resort town of Kibune and the Fujiya Inn. That's where a waitress named Mikoto (Riko Fujitani) works and in the middle of one day, she learns that she is trapped in a two-minute time loop along with everyone she knows. Yet they can remember everything that happens to them and can work together to try to escape.

Somehow, this has a similar concept to the first movie -- always two minutes of time -- but it goes in different directions and makes me want to see what they do next. What a charming movie.
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