My hope was to see a movie fresh, original, and a break from rip offs, sequels and remakes. By the end, it was evident that this movie unfortunately was nothing new.
The rehashing of parallels universe movies such as "Sliding Doors," young motherhood such as "Riding In Cars With Boys," and a slew of other "What could have been?" films in a copy/paste fashion I found irritating. The similarities and clichés, prevented this movie from being original and inspiring. There were no hardships, passion, fights, challenges. The true fight for survival in both career and motherhood were non-existent. The movie would have benefited from those hardships in this parallel tale, and would have carved completely different personal development, fears, and strengths in their analogous environments. The stakes and consequences weren't very high nor did they weigh heavily on the choices made by the main characters. I was deprived of reveling in any character's successes as I was unable to resonate with the characters as they never really pushed and persevered through struggles. Instead, this movie cushioned every blow, took us along a path already well travelled.
There is one character in the movie, who through tough love, rejected the main character for a job because she had taken on so many ideas and traits from other people that she lacked originality and hadn't developed her own voice. This sentiment echoes loud and clear the movie in general.
That being said, this isn't a terrible movie. There are far worse. The movie was well shot, the cast was fun, and the soundtrack will be stuck in your head for quite a while. At times it was difficult to follow the flow between distinct timelines. It will no doubt appeal to most females under the age of thirty. To a broader audience, it will no doubt fall short of hitting the mark of truly satisfying.
The rehashing of parallels universe movies such as "Sliding Doors," young motherhood such as "Riding In Cars With Boys," and a slew of other "What could have been?" films in a copy/paste fashion I found irritating. The similarities and clichés, prevented this movie from being original and inspiring. There were no hardships, passion, fights, challenges. The true fight for survival in both career and motherhood were non-existent. The movie would have benefited from those hardships in this parallel tale, and would have carved completely different personal development, fears, and strengths in their analogous environments. The stakes and consequences weren't very high nor did they weigh heavily on the choices made by the main characters. I was deprived of reveling in any character's successes as I was unable to resonate with the characters as they never really pushed and persevered through struggles. Instead, this movie cushioned every blow, took us along a path already well travelled.
There is one character in the movie, who through tough love, rejected the main character for a job because she had taken on so many ideas and traits from other people that she lacked originality and hadn't developed her own voice. This sentiment echoes loud and clear the movie in general.
That being said, this isn't a terrible movie. There are far worse. The movie was well shot, the cast was fun, and the soundtrack will be stuck in your head for quite a while. At times it was difficult to follow the flow between distinct timelines. It will no doubt appeal to most females under the age of thirty. To a broader audience, it will no doubt fall short of hitting the mark of truly satisfying.