With 'Meet Cute,' starring Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco, come for the time travel, stay for the surprising amount of introspection. Our review:
We all want to hit the re-do button at some point in our lives. Heck, some of us might want to do it daily. Or hourly. Hollywood has played with the concept of hitting the reset button and getting a second chance in films over and over again. Look no further than the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day or 2020’s wacky, lovely time-loop comedy Palm Springs with Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.
The charm of this film is that this isn’t Sheila’s first rodeo. She’s actually been in this very moment with these very people several of times. And she reveals all of that to Gary rather quickly, right after she awkwardly tells him she’s buying an “alcoholic beverage” and asks if he wants one, too. There was really no risk of rejection here, because Sheila knows exactly what Gary’s going to say.