Starz
Shout! Factory
PhiloSamantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
This is how to ensure there is an honest emotional core in a story aimed primarily at teen and tween girls, one that doesn’t pander or preach and avoids over-villainizing its characters even if a cliché or two sneaks in. ... March 3, 2017…
Film Critic. “Before I Fall” tells the story of a teenager named Samantha who, like a younger female version of Phil Connors in “Groundhog Day,” is forced to relive the same 24-hour period over and over again. It begins with a rude…
“Before I Fall” is tactful rather than maudlin, tasteful rather than lurid, soothing rather than creepy. None of that is good news. Ms. Russo-Young’s earlier films (including “You Won’t Miss Me” and “Nobody Walks,” which she wrote with…
