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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

3/05/2021

Palm Springs (2020)

Nyles is living the same destination wedding day (not his) over and over. He's not using the time for anything, really. He's just gliding through his pleasantly predictable days. When screw-up sister-of-the-bride Sarah gets pulled into his loop, they manage to become a team. But she's not content to wake up to the same day: she uses her time to study in hopes of finding a way out.

I knew this was a "Groundhog Day"-type deal. I had no idea, however, just how much the story could expand by simply adding another person to the merry-go-round. It became something profound without sacrificing the funny.

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