Any movie gets better when it includes time travel. Okay, maybe not always, but time travel movies are at least one of my personal favorite subgenres. Enabling good time travel concepts extraordinary stories and can revive a worn-out genre again. at best. This is what happened at Palm Springs. the Sci-Fi comedy You can currently stream newcomer Max Barbakow on Amazon Prime with a flat rate *.
Entertaining sci-fi: That’s what Palm Springs is all about
We follow the strikingly easygoing Nyles (Andy Samberg) to a wedding in Palm Springs, somewhere in the California desert. He accompanies his disinterested girlfriend, rocks an impromptu wedding speech, drinks his way through the evening and gets to know Sarah (Cristin Milioti), the bride’s sister.
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After a strange incident they both experience during an aborted one night stand, Nyles wakes up again on the wedding day. We learn: He’s in a time warp caught and has experienced the following 24 hours countless times. The problem: Sarah is now stuck in a time warp with him. Together they try to escape their prison.
What Makes Palm Springs a Great Sci-Fi Hidden Gem?
As you can see, Palm Springs exists in the tradition of films like Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow and Happy Deathday. These three examples mix their time loop story with elements from the tragic comedy, the science fiction film or the horror film. Palm Springs is Time Warp + Romantic Comedy.
The scaffolding stands and falls with the chemistry between Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother) and Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), who play two millennials each in their own unique way not getting ahead in life. Neither of them actually want to have a responsible relationship, but feel attracted to each other. The not-quite-couple wins and loses as much as Harry and Sally throughout the story – until they realize that in this world they really only have each other.
Bringing together the core elements of a RomCom and a time travel film so coherently (and, above all, consistently funny) is something you have to do first.
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