This is not a time of year when studios like to take risks. Only Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” charted out a bracing new approach to producing spectacles based on original material, but it was released in the fall as an awards contender-instead of sending a message about the value of smartening up the summer period, the epicenter of blockbuster releases. “World War Z” managed to smarten up the zombie genre, but hardly broke new ground in that respect. Last year’s big high concept event movie, Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim,” mostly confounded American audiences, and it wasn’t even that complicated-just different from the usual form of lumbering, raucous Hollywood product. Of course, it’s tough to develop sophisticated ideas on a broad scale.
EDGE OF TOMORROW REVIEW MOVIE
That’s not just overselling the movie in question it’s underselling the possibilities of movies in general. (Being a hormonal teen, that means his day restarts a whole lot.) Writer-director Dan Beers’ genial comedy uses the scenario to explore the frustrations of teen desire, particularly the way hormonal energy runs counter to the dry routine of daily life: The time cycle assailing its protagonist is silly and relatable at the same time.īut while “Premature” received a mixed response following its SXSW Film Festival premiere, partly because its sexual humor was considered too sophomoric (which, you know, is the point), “Edge of Tomorrow” has been embraced as a significant achievement in the crowdpleasing summer movie mold. It’s worth noting that this isn’t even the first riff on “Groundhog Day” to premiere in theaters this year the delightfully raunchy comedy “ Premature,” which IFC Films’ midnight label will release on July 2, involves a klutzy teen whose day restarts each time he ejaculates. Joining “Primer” and “Timecrimes” as one of the best time-bending science fiction movies of the past 10 years, writer-director James Ward Byrkit’s supremely clever and economical comedy-drama finds a group of friends trapped in a war with alternate versions of themselves when a passing comet merges their universes during a dinner party. Now that the Wachowskis’ “Jupiter Rising” has been pushed to next year, “Edge of Tomorrow” is indeed the most original science fiction blockbuster of the summer, but there are much stronger options on a smaller scale.Ĭhief among them is “ Coherence,” which hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles on June 20th. That’s largely because it benefits from a contrast with its competition. The movie works just fine as a mild distraction, but arrives in theaters with a fanfare that suggests a far grander achievement. “Edge of Tomorrow” is slick, but once its fancy plot dressing takes form, it has little more to offer aside from a few impressive action sequences and the infallible grin of its nimble lead.
It’s impossible not to observe the explicit borrowing from “Groundhog Day,” an infinitely wiser and more astute storytelling accomplishment. Ironically, it’s the accumulation of these repeated moments that make “Edge of Tomorrow” into an enjoyable ride-but its originality has some limitations.
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