Kyle Allen and Kathryn Newton are magnificent together very charming couple. I absolutely love the soundtrack it's so delightful! This is one of the best Amazon films they released I should've watched sooner. It's great to see a heartwarming timeloop story that doesn't have action or chaos although I must say most are well written especially the theories I crave those.
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
2021
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
2021
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Keywords: based on short storytime looplove story
Plot summary
The film follows a teenager contentedly living the same day in an endless loop who gets his world turned upside-down when he meets a girl who's also stuck in the time warp. What follows is a love story with a fantastical twist, as the two struggle to figure out how and whether to escape their never ending day.
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Temporal anomaly stories are so good!
Perfect Simple Little Huge Film
As a cinephile, most pictures such as these are too formulaic and way too overdone (at this point) for me. Not to mention that almost each one involves some sort of superhero or villain nowadays, and although I very much enjoy that genre also, I can't tell you enough how pleased I was to find the treasure which is The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. To find, and share with you, that it does so much more, and more powerfully, than what bigger, flashier films try, with such a small footprint, is been beyond delightful.
Kyle Allen steals the show as Mark. His easy chemistry with the screen is magic. Kathryn Newton is a little less fluid in her role as Margaret, especially at the beginning. The small, seldom-seen, supporting cast is tremendous.
As for the tiny perfect things, some indeed are tiny, or perhaps not on the level you or I would consider to be perfect. In fact, a better definition might be: things that makes us smile and think. In any case, the film uses them effectively in that they do indeed bring a smile, and we think; and in fact, we may miss some if we blink. More so, however, they are effective in that we cannot help, at least for a brief time after watching the film, to look for our own.
In closing, this is a rich, yet simple film with deeper undercurrents of love and loss, yes, but more so, beyond being tender and uplifting, it is generous in its message that there are miracles around us every single day, if we just look a little.
Way too easy to overlook!
First of all Lev Grossman is the genius behind MAGICIANS so you want to think twice before doing a driveby on this one. Second, Kyle Allen steals every scene he is in and has a heck of a career ahead. Third. the film suffers from a rare affliction (mentioned in some of my other reviews) wherein the opening Act (the first 20 mins in this case) is MUCH better than the rest of the movie. Which is not to say the rest of the movie is bad -- far from it -- merely that the opening makes a promise which is never kept. And that can annoy the viewer, even on a subliminal basis. Good solid film.