There are only so many ways to tell the story of two attractive people falling for one another. And every love story struggles with the problem of the ending -- narrative drives to end that exciting moment of will-they-won't-they liminence. This screenplay solves that problem by bending time in on itself, so that the story repeats and becomes a puzzle.
It's an impossible puzzle to crack -- viewers must stew in perplexity for a while. But it's a pleasant sort of stewing, more like a hot tub than a cannibal's pot. It's wonderful to sit in the company of beautiful people turning their charm up as high as it will go for one another, delivering Kiefer's witty brainy lines, as the puzzle unfolds and -- against all odds -- resolves with a satisfying click.
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