{"id":15117,"date":"2017-10-12T08:13:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=15117"},"modified":"2017-10-12T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:13:24","slug":"just-like-groundhog-day-happy-death-day-repeats-itself-just-like-groundhog-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=15117","title":{"rendered":"Just Like GROUNDHOG DAY, HAPPY DEATH DAY Repeats Itself Just Like GROUNDHOG DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCINEMASTANCE GRADE: B- <\/p>\n

And the winner for worst title of the year goes to\u2026..Happy Death Day! <\/em>If you haven\u2019t heard of it, I can give you a real quick synopsis\u2026..<\/p>\n

\u2026It\u2019s just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. The filmmakers know it. And they also know that you know it and assume you\u2019ll be fine with it. \u00a0I was, for the most part. It was an understanding I had going in. I watched the trailer and it takes three seconds to realize that\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2026It\u2019s just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. There is apparent no need to justify the repetition; no effort to explain the stuttering, looped plot or the carbon copy relationship between the two films. This simply happens in the Cinematic Universe, I suppose. People relive the same day over and over again until the necessary adjustments are made. Bill Murray needed to change his ways and become a better person, Jessica Rothe (our likable victim stuck on repeat here) needs to solve her own murder. And she also needs to change her ways and become a better person because Happy Death Day <\/em>refuses to have an original thought. It doesn\u2019t have to because\u2026.
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\n\u2026It\u2019s just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. And everyone loved that movie. So why not like this movie? Well, to be honest, it\u2019s kinda. Screenwriter Scott Lobdell (mostly known for his work on the X-Men <\/em>animated series) takes an illogical premise and takes the dumb even deeper. Happy Death Day <\/em>doesn\u2019t make much sense, doesn\u2019t play by its own reasons and rules. It leans into stupidity and relishes the lack of reasoning. But who cares,\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026It\u2019s just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. And that movie didn\u2019t make sense either. Not really. And, just like Groundhog Day<\/em>, you can let the logic go and have a good time if you\u2019re up for it. Rothe is plenty fun to watch as she eases into her character and the movie finds some rhythm about half-way through. There is little gore and, at PG-13, its fine for most audiences. It\u2019s fun. It\u2019s fine. It\u2019s non-threatening and\u2026.
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\n\u2026It\u2019s just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. And Edge of Tomorrow. <\/em>But that too was\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026.just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. And Edge of Tomorrow. <\/em>But that too was\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026.just like Groundhog Day<\/em>. And Edge of Tomorrow. <\/em>But that too was\u2026
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CINEMASTANCE GRADE: B- And the winner for worst title of the year goes to\u2026..Happy Death Day! If you haven\u2019t heard of it, I can give you a real quick synopsis\u2026.. \u2026It\u2019s just like Groundhog Day. The filmmakers know it. And they also know that you know it and assume you\u2019ll be fine with it. \u00a0I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3209,8865,9327],"class_list":["post-15117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-blumhouse","tag-happy-death-day","tag-horror-films"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}