This was really cute. Charlie Plummer and Katherine Langford are great together. I really appreciated their chemistry. I also loved all the movie references too, especially the E.T. one. Despite having a really great premise, I felt like the plot wasn’t really well constructed. It leaned a little too much into the Sci-Fi stuff instead of the romance part. If the story had be grounded a bit more I think it would have flowed a little better. I wish it had also leaned more into the comedy of the premise. Instead it trades out places where comedy could be inserted for strangely toned, “Down with Republicans,” lines. If the film wanted to be an expose on the way the government handles situations from the POV of teenagers, then it shouldn’t have given the romance equal weight with sci-fi plot. There’s just too much happening at one time. It also doesn’t help when the romance is the most interesting part of the movie. It explores the finality of dying at any moment but from a young age and how does that impact how you want to live your life. The running through the school scene is pretty fantastic.
