2020 · comedy · romance · sci-fi
Palm Springs
Directed by Max Barbakow1h 30m2020
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
Our read: Palm Springs (2020) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · romance · sci-fi entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / romance, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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“You want a sharp time-loop rom-com that actually earns its existential jokes.”
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