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I highly recommend watching this amazing movie! It's a hidden gem from Sweden that offers a unique cinematic experience tailored for Scandinavian audiences. Avoid the dubbed version to fully enjoy the authentic Swedish dialogue. While the plot isn't entirely groundbreaking, the movie cleverly acknowledges this in a fun way, keeping you engaged. It combines elements from popular films like "Groundhog Day," "13 Going on 30," and "Happy Death Day," resulting in a fresh and captivating storyline. The talented actors deliver impressive performances, bringing their characters to life. The well-written script adds depth and authenticity to the dialogues and interactions. After watching this movie, I felt a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness. It's a memorable experience that leaves a lasting impression. Don't miss out on this must-watch Swedish film that will transport you to a world filled with culture, nostalgia, and delightful surprises.

As "One More Time" (2023 release from Sweden; 85 min) opens, Amelia is celebrating her 18th birthday. We then skip to day, as Amelia celebrates her 40th birthday. She quits her lousy retail job and instead goes to the pub to get drunk. Afterwards she fumbles and stumbles, and gets hit by a truck. When she wakes up, it's her 18th birthday again... At this point we are 10 minutes into the movie. Couple of comments: this Swedish film liberally borrows and steals from Groundhog Day, even putting in Groundhog Day as part of the storyline. It also reminds of 19 Going on 30. In other words: this movie does not shine because of its (lack of) originality. But what it does do, and very well at that, is to showcase how a 40 yo woman looks back at her 18 yo self, and sees the many mistakes that she made back then. So the movie is filled with regret and it makes you realize that, when you get down to the very essence, the thing that matters more than anything else is: BE KIND to one another, starting TODAY. "One More Time" started streaming on Netflix just the other day. At a mere 85 minutes, this movie just flew by, and I quite enjoyed it, more so that I had expected. If you liked Groundhog Day or 13 Going on 30, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

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Just because the plot is to relive a significant day and as a result become a better person, does not put this Swedish movie in the same class with the incomparable Bill Murray. It doesn't even put it in the same school. First the dubbing is dreadful. All the voices have rhe flat affect of dialog read off a script. The second issue is the appearance of Amelia who is the same actor both as an 18 year old and a 40 year old. As a result, I was confused as the scenes shifted back and forth. Third too much vapid giggling. That alone was enough to give it a reduced rating. Fifth generally insipid acting and script. The ending was barely worth the time spent getting there. I wouldn't have wasted my time but a NYTimes reviewer gushed over it. Maybe if I was still 18, it would have appealed to me, but somehow I doubt it.

I love time loops and other character-driven time travel plots. And it was decently entertaining, though I prefer last year's Back to 15. On the surface, One More Time doesn't seem to do a lot with this setup. But if you stay around long enough, you find a very interesting theme; nostalgia within the past. Amelia and Fiona were to dig up a time capsule at their 18th birthday, which puts the 18th birthday post an earlier event to be nostalgic about. Even when Amelia goes back to her 18th birthday, her friendship with Fiona is already a semi-distant memory. With no opportunity at reconciliation. The closest they get is when she watches Groundhog Day with her, but even there it feels very awkward. When trying to force a making up with Fiona in the subsequent time loops, she fails. I was very much expecting the time loop to end with her dropping her new friends for Fiona, doing the generic Groundhog Day resolution about character growth and making up for mistakes. Instead, the film brings home two very different messages; firstly, that the past is irreversible, and secondly, that time is a continuous dimension, not a bilateral scale of 'the (happy) past' and 'the (miserable) present'. Which also explains that Fiona in the present is not resentful to Amelia anymore, as enough time having passed since their falling out, adding a somewhat optimistic element. If Amelia would have reached out to Fiona at the bar in the beginning, maybe they could have reconciled, dug up the time capsule together and this entire plot would not have happened. So in a way, this film is very much deconstructive of the dominant time loop plot from films like Groundhog Day, where the character has to grow or make up for their mistakes in order to escape. That being said, on a thematic note it is very close to what I expected the entire film. It still has to do with Fiona, they just don't resolve it similarly. Which would be fine, if only it wasn't so insanely obvious for so long. That's a major misstep, how obvious it all is and how long it takes Amelia to realize. Realizing she is back to her 18th birthday also takes super long, when this is explicitly stated to her various times already. Fiona is so obviously set up and there are no red herrings in terms of theme to throw you off. In fact, this should be clear from the very start of the time loop, as she enters it while trying to read what Fiona put into the capsule. Speaking of that, the reveal of Fiona's time capsule wish was nicely set up, as it becomes slowly obvious right before it is revealed and makes a lot of her behavior earlier make sense. However, what does Fiona's wish have to do with anything? Why did she have to find it out specifically? Amelia dropped her best friend, that's tragic enough, and enough for her to feel bad and want to make up with Fiona. What can she do with knowing the wish? Why couldn't the resolution just be her realizing what she did ánd as I just said that there is no way of making up easily? As it is now, it is subvertive, but it makes little sense. And maybe the ending could have also been better if it ended a few scenes earlier, maybe with the characters smiling at each other, so as to keep it a bit more ambiguous as to if enough time has passed.

We love time loop type movies and were leery of the ratings in the 5's. However we took a chance and quite enjoyed the film. Funny, and with a heart. To get to the minimum number of characters I'll again say don't believe the bad reviews. Similar to Groundhog day and even has a clip from that movie. The main character evolves like Bill does, day after day. I also like that at least some of the characters look like real people and not your typical pretty/handsome movie characters - though there's plenty of that too I suppose. But the best friend is a big girl which you don't see that often. So - do watch it!