By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Ry Russo-Young
Cast: Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Cynthy Wu, Medalion Rahimi, Kian Lawley, Nicolas Lea, Erica Tremblay and Elena Kampouris.
Rating: Good.
Ry Russo-Young, brings another the drama “Before I Fall” and I have to say that I was pleased with the result despite of the cliché moments.
Based on the novel by Lauren Oliver the movie tells the story of Samantha Kingston (Zoey Deutch) a very popular high school girl who usually hangs out with his best friends Lindsay Edgecomb (Halston Sage), Ally Harris (Cynthy Wu) and Elody (Medalion Rahimi).
On the night of February 12, which happens to be cupid day Samantha and his friends go to a party but on the way back they are involved in an accident which causes Samantha´s death.
Now Samantha will woke up everyday reviving the same day over and over until she realizes the mystery around her death and everything she is in danger of losing before it´s too late.
“Before I Fall” is an interesting drama despite of the title of the film that reminds me of the title of a soap opera.
The premise of the film is very good and it´s not the typical drama that it´s filled with tragedy. Here we have an interesting premise that is surrounding a girl who has major inner conflicts on regards of her death.
The directing by Ry Russo-Young is quite good. The technical choices she made in terms of the look of the film were really good and the performance that she had from the cast specially Zoey Deutch was really interesting despite of the moments that was a little bit of overacting.
The screenplay written by Maria Maggenti was written with a lot of detail and originality. I loved the fact that it was happening in the same event and with different descriptions. The ending was one of the things that surpised me the most and does work at all levels.
I was surprised by the length of the film and went pretty fast. Usually the length of this films can be an issue but here it wasn´t the case and it was one of the things that made me appreciate it more.
I liked the message of the film that is about learning to cherish and enjoy every single day like if was your last.
Zoey Deutch is an actress who begin to attract attention last year with movies like “Everybody Wants Some” and “Why Him?”. I do think she is very talented and she has everything to succeed in her career.
I hope that she continues on this path and hopefully she will get very far.
There were cliché moments of the film as I described before and some of the acting was over the top but I enjoyed the film.
When I first saw the trailer of the film I didn´t had any expectations whatsoever and I had said to myself: “Not another cheezy movie filled with tragedy”. Once again I was wrong and I was surprised with this film.
The movie works in so many levels and it is very well made.
With that being said “Before I Fall” is one of the biggest surprises of this year and I recommend it.