Repeat (2021)

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In Repeat, a scientist finds a way to talk to the dead (from his garage!), which fuels his obsession about his missing (perhaps dead) teenage daughter and puts his marriage and his tenure at risk. Of course, there's something more going on, and I think the audience is well ahead of the character in figuring out just what his machine actually does. There's a last minute exposition scene, but I would have been fine without it. Though the science is completely imaginary, I like these kinds of scientific puzzles, and the family drama is well played too. Science-fiction cinema has kind of split between the spectacle blockbuster (which has more to do with special effects than ideas) and the indie Twilight Zone/Outer Limits/Black Mirror direct-to-streaming feature that's exactly the opposite. Repeat isn't without its plot holes, but it's a pretty tight SF thriller about the remorselessness of the universe and its rules. 1 month 1 week ago