I suffered through the beginning hoping it would improve.
It was strange to make Cassie's Birthday the event to highlight that she was a 'selfish' person who just wanted to party. I mean, she is single and 25 and it's her Birthday. Her best friend Lisa wants her to stay home. When Cassie wants to go to her Birthday party Lisa comes but is whining the whole night. We were supposed to feel sorry for Lisa but the way the beginning played out I just thought Lisa looked like the jerk who thought she was better because of her job and her 'chill'. At 25 people are at all different points in their life and that is perfectly ok. If they would've made these characters a decade older than maybe MAYBE it would make more sense (but probably not since they chose the main character's Birthday as the introductory scene). They did a poor job of explaining why Cassie was so bad she couldn't go to heaven.
If you can get past that weirdness there is some good dialogue and introspective moments. I just thought the whole set up stained the rest of the movie for me.
It was strange to make Cassie's Birthday the event to highlight that she was a 'selfish' person who just wanted to party. I mean, she is single and 25 and it's her Birthday. Her best friend Lisa wants her to stay home. When Cassie wants to go to her Birthday party Lisa comes but is whining the whole night. We were supposed to feel sorry for Lisa but the way the beginning played out I just thought Lisa looked like the jerk who thought she was better because of her job and her 'chill'. At 25 people are at all different points in their life and that is perfectly ok. If they would've made these characters a decade older than maybe MAYBE it would make more sense (but probably not since they chose the main character's Birthday as the introductory scene). They did a poor job of explaining why Cassie was so bad she couldn't go to heaven.
If you can get past that weirdness there is some good dialogue and introspective moments. I just thought the whole set up stained the rest of the movie for me.