| Nyles admits he loves Sarah but wants to stay in the time loop with her forever | While was a fundamentally important starting point for the use of a time loop in a romantic comedy, Barbakow and Siara knew they needed to distance their script from the film |
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| January 19, 2021, at the | The next day, it is revealed that Sarah has been waking up in Abe's room having spent the night of November 8 with him and he advises her to leave before she is seen |
This led to starting with Nyles already within the time loop, making the film like "a sequel to a movie that doesn't exist" according to Siara, and then adding Sarah as a second character within the loop to serve as a point of navigation for the audience.
21| It was praised for the performances and use of the concept | Sarah attends the wedding, gives a heartfelt speech for Tala, threatens Abe to be faithful, makes a phone call and goes to the cave with explosives |
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| They imagined the script as "an absurdist comedic take on , centered on a despondent thirtysomething who travels to Palm Springs to kill himself, only to slowly rediscover a sense of meaning in his life | 1 percent of subscribers had watched the film over its first month |
The website's critics consensus reads, "Strong performances, assured direction, and a refreshingly original concept make Palm Springs a romcom that's easy to fall in love with.
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