Accidents are not accidental. I put off watching this film for a long time, because I was sure that this product of the mass market of the American film industry would not surprise me. From a brief description it was clear how it would end. But, the evening promised to be boring, and comedies / melodramas of the 2010s and early 2020s were revised.
When We First Met is a comedy that is misleading from the first frame. At first glance, the plot of this film is painfully familiar - the main character meets the girl of his dreams at a party and conducts with her a seemingly perfect evening, which ends, contrary to expectations, with a friendly embrace. After three years, he has the chance to go back to the past, that very evening, and try to fix the situation. That's where the "Groundhog Day" begins - a hackneyed plot for a number of melodramas and comedies. Who among us hasn’t thought, if there was a chance to go back in time, what would he change? And what would the future be like after that? Boredom! Isn't that true? I confess, the middle of the film periodically skipped, as to view several variations on the theme of how the main character tries to change the past, trying on different images of the “man of her dreams” and trying to understand from what point everything went “not according to the script”, was frankly boring. It would seem that it is not difficult to predict the end of the film. But this is where the main intrigue lies! Perhaps the opportunity to go back to the past is needed in order to understand that nothing in our lives needs to be corrected?
A few words about the cast: pleased with the game of Adam Devine (Adam Devine), who, although he was trained in comedy roles, but never really remembered. My special sympathies for the character played by Shelley Hennig. On her account there are no box office films and main roles, unlike Alexandra Daddario, but it was more pleasant to watch the play of this actress.
For the finale, which pleasantly surprised me, I am ready to surprise myself and stage this film.
7 out of 10