Omni Loop (2024)

Omni Loop (2024). 1h 47m

“Greetings again from the darkness. Writer-director Bernardo Britto has delivered a modern-day cinematic rarity: a Science Fiction film without overblown special effects. Time travel is a vital part of the story, but at its core, this is a film about human emotions, and it has quite a message for viewers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMary-Louise Parker (u0026quot;Weedsu0026quot;) stars as Zoya Lowe, a quantum physicist and our storyu0026#39;s time traveler. Only this isnu0026#39;t the kind of time traveler you are thinking of. Zoya neither travels back to medieval times nor forward to some future high-tech civilization. See, the magic pills she found as a kid only take her back 5 days. This is less THE TIME MACHINE (1969) and more GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) … without the laughs or Ned Ryerson.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eZoya has been diagnosed with u0026#39;a black hole growing in her chest.u0026#39; Now, Iu0026#39;m not sure if that diagnosis is an actual medical affliction or rather a metaphor, but it doesnu0026#39;t really matter. What matters is that Zoya has been given a week to live, which means with those pills, sheu0026#39;s forced to re-do every day since her diagnosis in hopes of discovering what the pills are and how they work. To do this, she collaborates with Paula (Ayo Edebiri, u0026quot;The Bearu0026quot;), a community college science student with access to the campus lab. For some reason, this particular lab hosts an extreme sci-fi secret that Zoya and Paula believe can help solve the mystery.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePart of the gag here is that Zoya must re-live the terminal diagnosis, blow out the candles on her early birthday cake, and then convince Paula to assist over and over again. As Zoya goes through her daily re-dos, the supporting cast around her consists of Carlos Jacott as her husband, Hannah Pearl Utt as her daughter, Eddie Cahill as a brilliant scientist, Fern Katz as her assisted-living mom, and Harris Yulin as her old college professor. We may overdose on the electronic music that plays through most of the movie, but there is a terrific message here – being there for others is so important, and we should focus on what really matters in this all-too-short life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn theaters and on Digital beginning September 20, 2024.”